GUWAHATI, India, Nov. 24 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on Oct. 24:
This criminal appeal from jail is preferred against a Judgment and Order dated 17.05.2025 passed by the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge - cum - Special Judge [POCSO], Sivasagar in Special [POCSO] Case no. 12/2024 ['the Trial Court', for short], which arose out of Amguri Police Station Case no. 25/2023. By the Judgment and Order dated 17.05.2025, the accused-appellant has been convicted for the offences under Section 366 and Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code [IPC] and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences [POCSO] Act, 2012. In view of Section 42 of the POCSO Act, the accusedappellant has been sentenced under Section 6 o...