BENGALURU: Karnataka excessive courtroom has permitted closure of a case beneath Safety of Youngsters from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act in opposition to a person who married the survivor after she turned 18.
The decision was handed not too long ago by Justice M Nagaprasanna, who burdened that the courtroom’s paramount significance was the welfare of the survivor and her youngster born out of the connection.The choose cited current SC judgments permitting compounding in comparable instances.
The case was registered in Mysuru after a criticism from the mom of the woman, who was 16 years and 9 months previous then. The person had been in judicial custody since Feb 2023. In June this yr, the courtroom granted him a 15-day interim bail to marry the woman. . The accused returned to jail after the marriage. TNN
