Pintu Thakur @ Ravi vs State Of Chhattisgarh 2025 INSC 797 - POCSO Case - Sentence Reduced
POCSO Act - While modifying sentence of POCSO convict from imprisonment for life to twenty years, SC observed: The minimum sentence under Section 6 of the POCSO Act is twenty years. Bearing in mind the fact that the appellants herein were in their early twenties when the incident took place and the fact that now they have completed only five years of incarceration and even for completion of the minimum sentence it would mean another fifteen years, we find that the appellants are now in their mid-twenties and even if the minimum sentence is to be completed they would be in their early forties. (Para 8-9)
Section 6 of POCSO Act, as quoted in this SC judgment, says 10 years RI is the minimum sentence. But, SC refers to it and says it is twenty years.
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The problem with this is with the quoted provision which existed prior to amendment in 2019. The amended Section 6 made it is 20… https://t.co/VtatYJbTT1 pic.twitter.com/W1q8HNRII0