Supreme Court overturns Calcutta High Court order asking adolescent girls to control sexual urges
The top court restored the conviction of a man who had been charged with sexually assaulting a minor girl.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a Calcutta High Court order that had asked adolescent girls to control their sexual urges, reported Bar and Bench.
The High Court had made the remarks in October while acquitting a man accused of sexually assaulting a minor girl.
In September 2022, a sessions court in the South 24 Parganas district convicted the man under sections of the Indian Penal Code pertaining to kidnapping and sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
The man then approached the High Court, which acquitted him.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court restored the man’s conviction and directed a committee of experts to decide on his sentence. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said it has explained in detail how courts should draft judgements, according to Bar and Bench.
The High Court, while setting aside the verdict of the sessions court, had said that adolescent girls must control their sexual urges and that adolescent boys must train themselves to respect women.
The Supreme Court, however, said on December 8 that the High Court’s remarks were “unwarranted and highly objectionable”. The top court said that the observations violated the rights of adolescents under Article 21 [protection of life and personal liberty] of the Constitution.
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