Case Law Analysis
|Kerala High Court
POCSO Act & BNSS | Consensual Sexual Acts Between Minors Not Punishable: Kerala HC Grants Pre-Arrest Bail to Juvenile Accused
Kerala High Court rules that consensual sexual acts between minors do not attract penal provisions under POCSO Act or Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, granting pre-arrest bail to a 17-year-old. The judgment emphasizes the absence of criminal intent where both parties are juveniles, setting a precedent for juvenile justice under the new criminal laws.