The Bombay HC on Friday granted
anticipatory bail to a Pune resident booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for
tearing off clothes of a minor girl during a scuffle. It said provisions of the
law are applicable only when a child is harassed with sexual intent.
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“In order to attract the provisions
of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act,
2012, it is necessary to commit an act of harassment with sexual intent,” said
justice Bharati Dangre while granting pre-arrest bail to the accused.
The accused was booked on the basis
of a 17-year-old girl’s complaint on Aug 1.
The judge noted the reading of the
FIR's by the parties in the case against each other suggested petty rivalry
between two families. Dangre said on account of some petty reasons, there was
verbal altercation over some trivial issues. It aggravated & resulted into
a scuffle, added Dangre.
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