Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 596 · Decided 14 October 2020
Ganesan v. State Represented BY Its Inspector of Police
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 596 · [2020] 8 S.C.R. 768
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 680/2020
- Decided
- 14 October 2020
- Bench
- ASHOK BHUSHAN, M.R. SHAH, R. SUBHASH REDDY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- POCSO Act Section 7, 8
Headnote
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 - ss. 7 and 8 - Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Rules, 2012 - r.7(2) - Appellant- accused was tried for the offences punishable u/s. 7 r/w. s. 8 of the POCSO Act - Relying victim, aged 13 years the accused was convicted for the offence u/s. 7 of the POCSO Act and sentenced to undergo 3 years rigorous imprisonment u/s. 8 of the Act - The accused was also ordered to pay rupees one lakh to the victim girl, by way of compensation u/r. 7(2) of the Rules, 2012
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