The top court had taken suo motu cognizance of the controversial remarks made by the High Court after it acquitted a 20-year-old man who had been convicted of raping a minor girl
NEW DELHI – Supreme Court of India has overturned the 2023 judgement of the Calcutta High Court where it asked young girls to “control their sexual urges”. The top court had taken suo motu cognizance of the controversial remarks made by the High Court after it acquitted a 20-year-old man who had been convicted of raping a minor girl.
The judgement was delivered by a bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan, who set aside Calcutta High Court’s ruling, Outlook reported.
Justice AS Oka added that judges must file such judgements with special sensitivity and precaution. Apart from this, Sc ovesexual urges supreme court judgementrturned the decision to acquit the man who had been convicted under POCSO for raping a minor girl.
The court added that an expert committee will be formed to decide the course of punishment for the man in the rape case. Along with this, a committee will also be formed to help the victim make an informed choice regarding the case.
On October 18, 2023, the Calcutta High Court acquitted a man convicted of raping a minor girl and called for eh decriminalisation of consensual sexual acts involving adolescents above 16 years.
