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Satauram Mandavi v. The State of Chhattisgarh & Anr.

Matter pertains to the retrospective application of the amended provision-s.6 POCSO Act, to the incident Retrospective application of the amended provision-s.6, to…

Partly allowed
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
25 Jul 2025
Citation
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 1538
Case no.
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 3179/2025
Bench
Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta

Issue for consideration

Matter pertains to the retrospective application of the amended provision-s.6 POCSO Act, to the incident Retrospective application of the amended provision-s.6, to the incident took place prior to the amendment – Propriety – Commission of offence by the appellant on 20.05.2019 – Amended provision of s.6 POCSO Act, came into force on 16.08.2019 whereby the minimum sentence enhanced

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