Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 762 · Decided 18 November 2021
Attorney General for India v. Satish and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 762 · [2021] 10 S.C.R. 955
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1410/2021
- Decided
- 18 November 2021
- Bench
- UDAY UMESH LALIT, S. RAVINDRA BHAT, BELA M. TRIVEDI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 8, 342, 354, 10; POCSO Act Section 7, 12
Headnote
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012: s. 7 -"sexual assault" -Words touch and physical contact - Interpretation of - Held: Both the said words "touch" and "physical contact"have been interchangeably used in s. 7 by the with regard to the sexual parts of the body, whereas the word "physical contact" has been used for any other act - Thus, the act of touching the sexual part of body or any other act involving physical contact, if done with "sexual intent" would amount to
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