#Sexual Offences Against Children

The Punjab & Haryana High Court affirmed that in POCSO cases, the credible testimony of a child victim, even without medical corroboration or immediate FIR filing, is sufficient to sustain a conviction. This reinforces the legal principle that children’s testimonies must be evaluated on their intrinsic reliability, not subjected to adult-centric evidentiary standards, significantly easing prosecution burdens in sexual abuse cases involving minors.

Calcutta High Court rules that failure to object during TIP or Section 313 CrPC examination waives the right to challenge identification later, even if the victim had prior sightings of the accused. The court upheld POCSO convictions based on medical and circumstantial evidence, reinforcing the procedural fairness of TIP in criminal trials.