Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 1152 · Decided 2 November 2022
The State of Maharashtra & ANR. v. DR. Maroti S/O Kashinath Pimpalkar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 1152 · [2022] 8 S.C.R. 821
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1874/2022
- Decided
- 2 November 2022
- Bench
- AJAY RASTOGI, C.T. RAVIKUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 482, 161, 164, 173(2); Evidence Act Section 19, 21, 145, 157, 59; Constitution Article 15; POCSO Act Section 21(1)
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.482 - Quashing of F.I.R. and charge sheet - Non Reporting of Sexual Assault - FIR registered against unidentified person(s) on the accusation of commission of sexual offences against minor tribal girls who were residing - Respondent is the medical practitioner who was appointed for treatment of the girls in the said girl's hostel - He was arraigned as the sixth accused thereunder, essentially for the failure to report the commission of the offence under the POCSO Act, punishable u/s.21 (1) the
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