2017 POCSO Case Quashed Following Couple’s Marriage; Court Says Continuing Trial Would Break a “Happy Family”: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court witnessed an emotionally sensitive hearing when Justice Vivek Kumar Singh quashed a nine-year-old case registered under the POCSO Act and IPC Sections 363, 366, 504, 506. The case originated from an FIR lodged in December 2016 by the family of the girl, accusing applicant Wasiullah of enticing her away. Soon after she was recovered, the girl informed the police that she had gone with him willingly,…