Imposed restrictions under section 198(1) and 198(3) of CrPC should be overrided by mandatory provisions of POCSO Act.

Keywords: POCSO, marital rape, CrPC The Delhi High Court held that Section 19 of the POCSO Act, which provides for mandatory reporting of offences, was read with Section 21 of the Act. Justice Manmohan and Justice Saurabh Banerjee’s division bench stated that there is no specific subgroup among child rape Read more…