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Bom HC: Merely Touching Penis to Private Part of Child Doesn’t Constitute Penetrative Sexual Assault - (05 Feb 2024)

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Bombay High Court while reducing the sentence of the convicts held that the mere touching of the child’s vagina with accused’s penis would not constitute penetrative sexual assault under Sections 4 & 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

Tags : BOMBAY HIGH COURT   PENETRATIVE SEXUAL ASSAULT   SECTIONS 4 & 6 OF POCSO ACT  

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