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Justice N Mala gave the direction while acquitting a boy who was convicted and sentenced to 20 years rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl by a special court in Kanniyakumari last year.

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Hold Pocso Act awareness camps for students: Madurai Bench of Madras High Court

The facts of the case, as mentioned in the judgment, were that the boy, who was then 17 years old, was in a relationship with the minor girl, then aged 16 years, and had promised to marry her.

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Jegadeeswari Pandian

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07 Mar 2026, 10:16 am

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MADURAI: Observing that in cases involving consensual relationship between adolescents, it is often the boy who ultimately faces criminal proceedings and incarceration, the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has directed the chief secretary, Tamil Nadu government, to conduct awareness camps in schools and colleges about the provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and file a status report to the court on June 3.

Justice N Mala gave the
[08/03, 06:38] Meta AI: மதுரை உயர் நீதிமன்றம், இளம் வயதினருக்கிடையேயான ஒப்புதலுடன் நடக்கும் உறவுகளில் பலமுறை ஆண் மீது மட்டும் Pocso சட்டம் கீழ் வழக்கு தொடரப்பட்டு சிறைக்கு அனுப்பப்படுவதைக் கவனித்து, பள்ளி-கல்லூரிகளில் Pocso சட்டம் குறித்து விழிப்புணர்வு முகாம்கள் நடத்துமாறு தமிழக முதன்மை செயலாளருக்கு உத்தரவிட்டது. ஜூன் 3-க்கு முன்னர் நிலை அறிக்கையும் சமர்ப்பிக்க வேண்டும் எனவும் நீதிபதி ந. மாலா தெரிவித்தார்.
[08/03, 06:38] Meta AI: மதுரை உயர் நீதிமன்றம், 17-வது வயது ஆணும் 16-வது வயது பெணும் காதலித்து திருமணம் செய்து கொண்ட வழக்கில், பெண் புகாரால் பாய்சோ சட்டத்தின் கீழ் ஆணுக்கு 20 ஆண்டு சிறை தண்டனை விதிக்கப்பட்டதை ரத்து செய்து விடுதலை செய்தது. நீதிபதி ந. மாலா, இத்தகைய ஒப்புதல் உறவுகள் பலமுறை ஆண்களை மட்டுமே பாதிக்கின்றன என்பதைக் குறிப்பிட்டு, பள்ளி-கல்லூரிகளில் பாய்சோ சட்டம் பற்றிய விழிப்புணர்வு முகாம்கள் நடத்துமாறு தமிழக முதன்மை செயலாளருக்கு உத்தரவிட்டார்; ஜூன் 3-க்கு முன் அறிக்கை தாக்கல் செய்ய வேண்டும். supreme court “Romeo-Juliet” விதியை பரிசீலிக்க வேண்டும் என்ற பரிந்துரையும் குறிப்பிடப்பட்டது.
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Hold Pocso Act awareness camps for students: Madurai Bench of Madras High Court
The facts of the case, as mentioned in the judgment, were that the boy, who was then 17 years old, was in a relationship with the minor girl, then aged 16 years, and had promised to marry her.
Madurai Bench of Madras High Court
Madurai Bench of Madras High Court
Jegadeeswari Pandian
Updated on:
07 Mar 2026, 10:16 am
2 min read
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Justice N Mala gave the direction while acquitting a boy who was convicted and sentenced to 20 years rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl by a special court in Kanniyakumari last year.

The facts of the case, as mentioned in the judgment, were that the boy, who was then 17 years old, was in a relationship with the minor girl, then aged 16 years, and had promised to marry her.

When the girl informed that her parents were planning to marry her off to some other person against her will, the boy had asked her to come with him. The two left for his uncle’s house, where they got married and lived together for a month, before being found by the child welfare committee officials who handed them over to police.

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Based on the girl’s complaint, a sexual assault case was registered against the boy under POCSO Act. A Special Court for POCSO Act cases sentenced him to 20 years rigorous imprisonment in June last year, challenging which the boy filed an appeal.

Allowing the appeal on the ground that the victim’s age was not proved, Justice Mala observed, “This is a typical case of consensual adolescent sexual relationship ending on a discordant note due to parental differences.”

She referred to a recent Supreme Court judgment which highlighted the misuse of POCSO Act and suggested to the union government to consider including a ‘Romeo Juliet clause’ exempting genuine adolescent relationships from the stronghold of this law.

If wide publicity is given to the Act and its stringency as mandated under Section 43 of the Act, the menace pointed out by the Supreme Court could be curbed to an extent, the judge opined and issued the above directions.

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