Supreme Court of India

Satauram Mandavi v. The State of Chhattisgarh & Anr.

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Reported as [2025] 7 S.C.R. 1538
Bench Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 25 July 2025

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Issue for Consideration Matter pertains to the retrospective application of the amended provision-s.6 POCSO Act, to the incident which took place prior to the amendment. Headnotes† Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 – s.6 (as amended) – Punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault – 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 to 20

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