Case Law Analysis
|Karnataka High Court
POCSO Bail Jurisprudence | Consensual Relationship & Negative FSL Report Override Presumption of Guilt: Karnataka HC Grants Bail
Karnataka High Court granted bail in a POCSO case where the victim admitted to an 8-year consensual relationship and the forensic report was negative, emphasizing that familial complaints cannot substitute for substantive proof. The ruling underscores that the presumption of guilt under POCSO must yield to credible evidence of consent and lack of coercion.