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HC suggests amendments to POCSO Act over consensual sex after 16 years of age

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Press Trust of India Chennai
Last Updated : Apr 27 2019 | 3:40 PM IST

Observing that relationship between a girl under 18 years of age and a teenage boy or
Suggesting amendments to the Act, the judge said, "Any consensual sex after the age of 16 or bodily contact or allied acts can be excluded from the rigorous provisions of the POCSO Act and such sexual assault, if it is so defined can be tried under more liberal provision, which can be introduced in the Act itself..."

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First Published: Apr 27 2019 | 3:40 PM IST

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