Many Pocso cases false and vindictive ones, says Odisha HC
Friday, 26 April 2024 ()
Disconcerted by the rising number of cases registered under Pocso Act as a fallout of romantic relationships with or between minors, Orissa HC Friday noted with concern that many of these were "false and vindictive litigations", reports Lalmohan Patnaik. "...It was never the legislation's (Pocso Act) intention to prosecute romantic relationships between young adults," Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra said, quashing criminal prosecution in five cases.
Disconcerted by the rising number of cases registered under Pocso Act as a fallout of romantic relationships with or between minors, Orissa HC Friday noted with concern that many of these were "false and vindictive litigations", reports Lalmohan Patnaik. "...It was never the legislation's (Pocso Act) intention to prosecute romantic relationships between young adults," Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra said, quashing criminal prosecution in five cases.
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