SC: Corporal punishment in itself not a Pocso offence
India, Sept. 12 -- A teacher may be guilty of poor judgment or inappropriate corporal punishment, but that alone cannot turn classroom discipline into a Pocso offence, the Supreme Court has held while quashing criminal proceedings against a schoolteacher accused of beating two minors. A bench of justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Atul S Chandurkar made the observation while quashing the Pocso case against a West Bengal schoolteacher accused of beating two Class 10 girl students on their back and waist when they failed to answer questions in the class.HTC...
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