UP: Oral sex with children is not a serious crime as High Court reduced the sentence given by the lower court
Prayagraj: Oral sex with children is not a serious crime, the Allahabad High Court reduced the sentence given by the lower court. The sessions court had convicted him under sections 377 (unnatural sex offences) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code and section 6 of the POCSO Act.
Allahabad High Court has not considered oral sex as ‘serious sexual assault’. The court gave this decision while hearing a case of oral sex with a minor. The High Court has reduced the sentence awarded by the lower court in a case of oral sex with a child. The court held such an offense punishable under section 4 of the POCSO Act. But said that this act is not ‘aggravated penetrative sexual assault’ or serious sexual assault. Therefore, in such a case, punishment cannot be imposed under sections 6 and 10 of the POCSO Act.
The High Court reduced the sentence of the convict in this case from 10 years to 7 years, and also imposed a fine of Rs 5000 on him. Sonu Kushwaha challenged the decision of the Sessions Court in the High Court. Justice Anil Kumar Ojha pronounced this judgment on appeal.
