'Touching Vagina With Penis Amounts to Penetrative Sex Assault': Meghalaya High Court Rejects 'No Penetration' Defence of Rape Accused, Upholds Conviction

The Meghalaya High Court recently said that touching private parts of the victim with a penis would amount to committing an offence of aggravated penetrative sexual assault punishable under Section 6 of the POCSO Act, 2012. The high court further said that the accused's act of touching private parts of the victim with his penis without penetration into the vagina would not amount to committing a sexual assault (under Section 7 of POCSO) but aggravated penetrative sexual assault. It must be noted that the punishment for committing an offence of aggravated penetrative sexual assault under Section 5 is not less than 20 years, whereas the maximum punishment for committing an offence of sexual assault under Section 7 is 5 years. 'Hindus Diminishing From Meghalaya': Police Term Claims Made by Ashwini Upadhyay 'False', Supreme Court Lawyer Deletes Viral Video.

HC on Sexual Assault

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