POCSO: Supreme Court rejects plea against HC order that held poking finger at vagina not 'insertion' to attract penetrative sexual assault

The High Court had in June 2020 modified the trial court's conviction of the accused from penetrative sexual assault to the lesser offence of sexual assault.
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal against a Kerala High Court judgment that had held that poking one's finger at the vagina of a minor does not amount to the act of 'insertion' into private parts, to attract the offence of 'penetrative sexual assault' under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act).

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