Aditi Priya & Anushka Paliwal, Banasthali Vidyapith
“Punishing an adolescent boy who enters into a relationship with a minor girl by treating him as an offender, was never the objective of the POCSO Act”-Madras High Court
Madras High Court in the case of Vijayalakshmi vs. State1, while hearing the petition to quash the proceedings pending in Mahila Court Erode 2, gave this order and finally quashed it under Section 482 CrPC.
Facts- The facts of the case were that the defacto complainant and the victim filed the petition in the High Court to quash the proceedings against the respondent who was facing trial in the Court for the offences under Section 366 IPC 1860, Section 6 POCSO 2012, Section 9 PCMA, 2006. The petitioner wanted to get her girl (victim) married and it was getting late because of the criminal proceedings, which further caused mental agony to the petitioners. The girl in the court stated that she loved the respondent and there was an affair between them and she was not willing to continue the trial.
