Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 225 · Decided 18 March 2011
Childline India Foundation & ANR. v. Allan John Waters & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 225 · [2011] 3 S.C.R. 989
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1208/2008
- Decided
- 18 March 2011
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, B.S. CHAUHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 23, 373; Constitution; Juvenile Justice Act Section 23
Headnote
PENAL CODE 1860: A B ss.377, 377 rlw 1208, 373,373, rlw 109, 372, 323 and C 120-8 and s. 23 of Juvenile Justice Act - Sexual abuse of, and physical assault on children of Anchorage Shelters in Mumbai - Conviction by trial court of all the three accused -Acquittal by High Court - HELD: evidence of the two Victims at the hands of the accused in the shelter homes clearly shows that both A-3 and A-2 had sex with them, on D many occasions - They also had similar sex with other boys who stayed in the shelter homes - Trial court has correctly appreciated the evidence of the victims,
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