SHILLONG, India, April 14 -- Meghalaya High Court issued the following judgment/order on March 12:
1. The aforesaid petition is placed before us pursuant to the reference made by the learned Single Judge (Hon'ble B. Bhattacharjee, J) vide order dated 12th June, 2024, in view of his disagreement with the judgment and order dated 23rd March, 2022 passed by the coordinate Bench (Hon'ble W. Diengdoh, J) in Crl Petn No. 63 of 2021.
2. Although, the learned Single Judge has not framed the issue for reference, having perused the said order dated 12th June, 2024, the following issue is framed:
Whether a case under the POCSO Act, 2012, which is a Special Act, protecting children from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse, and considered as heinou...