Case Law Analysis
|Punjab and Haryana High Court
POCSO Act Section 4 | Sole Testimony of Child Prosecutrix Suffices for Conviction Despite Delay and Absence of Medical Evidence : Punjab & Haryana HC
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.