Minor's Consent Has No Legal Value; Conviction Upheld, Life Sentence Reduced to 10 Years: Madras High Court
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has partly allowed a criminal appeal filed by Arumugam, modifying a trial court judgment in a case involving a relationship with a minor girl. While the Court upheld the conviction under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act), it set aside the convictions under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and Section 306…
