POCSO Case Cannot Be Quashed on the Basis of Settlement: Sikkim High Court
The High Court of Sikkim at Gangtok considered a petition filed by six petitioners seeking to quash an FIR and criminal proceedings under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. The case concerned an allegation of aggravated penetrative sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and rape under the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The petitioners relied on a compromise entered into by the parents of the…
