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SC quashes POCSO charges against man as he marries the victim
short by Garima Garg / on Wednesday, 8 April, 2026
The Supreme Court quashed criminal charges, including under POCSO, against a man accused of abducting and sexually assaulting a minor, whom he later married. "The subsequent development of marriage between them...would outweigh the need to take...proceedings to their logical end," SC said. The couple said they were in a consensual relationship and eloped because their families opposed.