Case Law Analysis
|Delhi High Court
POCSO Act Section 6 | Disproportionate 30-Year Simple Imprisonment Reduced to 15 Years RI; Appellant's Youth, Clean Antecedents & 11-Year Incarceration Weighed : Delhi HC
The High Court upheld the Section 6 POCSO conviction for kidnapping and sexual assault of a minor but held the 30-year simple imprisonment sentence statutorily impermissible and disproportionate. It reduced the sentence to 15 years rigorous imprisonment, factoring in the appellant's youth at the time of offence, clean record, and over 11 years already incarcerated.