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Pressing lips without sexual intent not Pocso offence: HC
Hindustan Times Delhi
|March 08, 2025
The Delhi high court has said that the act of touching, pressing lips, or lying down next to a minor girl in the absence of sexual intent will not amount to aggravated sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.
NEW DELHI: However, such acts will amount to outraging a woman's modesty, it stated.
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