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SC quashes POCSO case after accused marries victim
Orissa POST
|November 02, 2025
Justice Datta, who penned the verdict on behalf of the bench, said the court needs to balance the competing interests of justice, deterrence, and rehabilitation
In a rare case, the Supreme Court has exercised its plenary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to quash POCSO proceedings against a man for entering into sexual relationship with a girl, then a minor, and later marrying her, saying “the crime was not the result of lust but love”.
A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and AG Masih noted that the wife (victim) has stated that she was married to the man (convict), and they have a one-year-old boy and are now leading a happy life with the father of the girl also wishing that the criminal proceedings against her daughter’s husband be brought to an end.
This story is from the November 02, 2025 edition of Orissa POST.
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