Case Law Analysis
|Madhya Pradesh High Court
Passive Harbouring Without Overt Act Not Punishable Under POCSO | MP HC Grants Bail for Mere Sheltering
Madhya Pradesh High Court rules that mere sheltering of an accused and prosecutrix without any overt act or protest does not constitute an offence under POCSO. The court granted bail, emphasizing that passive harbouring alone is insufficient for conviction, setting a precedent for bail jurisprudence in similar cases.