Srinagar, Oct 29, Oct. 30 -- The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has refused to quash a POCSO charge sheet against a man accused of having a sexual relationship with a minor girl, holding that claims of consensual intimacy and subsequent marriage cannot erase an alleged offence under the law. Justice Yash Paul Bourney observed that while relationships involving young couples may raise complex social and legal questions, the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act clearly treats anyone below 18 as a child. Consent by a minor does not, therefore, negate an offence under the Act.The case came to light on October 5, 2025, when a doctor informed police that a minor girl had delivered a baby at a hospital. The girl was a...