Netizens berate Bombay HC over ‘groping minor’s breasts without skin-to-skin contact not sexual assault’ judgement

Netizens berate Bombay HC over ‘groping minor’s breasts without skin-to-skin contact not sexual assault’ judgement

Following the verdict, angry netizens started slamming the court for the judgement

A day after the Bombay High Court has said that groping a minor’s breast without “skin to skin contact” cannot be termed as sexual assault as defined under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, a huge controversy has sparked on social media regarding the judgement.

The judgement was passed by Justice Pushpa Ganediwala of the Nagpur bench of the high court on January 19, which states that there must be “skin to skin contact with sexual intent” for an act to be considered sexual assault. She said in her verdict that mere groping will not fall under the definition of sexual assault.

Netizens berate Bombay HC over ‘groping minor’s breasts without skin-to-skin contact not sexual assault’ judgement
Groping minor without 'skin-to-skin' contact not sexual assault: Bombay High Court

Following the verdict, angry netizens started slamming the court for the judgement as some were even shocked to hear the judgement from a female judge. A Twitter user even wrote, ” I was whimsically thinking that women judges will be sensible and less prejudiced.”

Earlier today, the apex child rights body in the country, NCPCR, asked the Maharashtra government on Monday to file an urgent appeal against a recent Bombay High Court judgment that said an act cannot be termed as sexual assault if there is no “skin-to-skin” contact. In a letter to the Maharashtra chief secretary, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Chairperson Priyank Kanoongo said the words “skin-to-skin with sexual intention without penetration” in the judgment also need to be reviewed and the state should take note of this as it seems to be derogatory to the minor victim in the case.

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