Supreme Court of India

Bhanei Prasad @ Raju v. State of Himachal Pradesh

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Reported as [2025] 9 S.C.R. 91
Bench Aravind Kumar and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 4 August 2025

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We are of the considered view that in order to protect her future interest, some amount if ordered to be kept in a fixed deposit, it would secure her best interest.

Judgment, page 6

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Issue for Consideration Matter pertains to correctness of the order passed by the High Court upholding the order of conviction of the father u/s.6 POCSO Act and s.506 IPC and imposition of life imprisonment, for committing sexual assault of his own minor daughter. Headnotes† Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 – ss.6, 29 – Penal Code, 1860 – s.506 – Sexual assault on minor – Repeated aggravated penetrative sexual assault by father upon his minor daughter, aged ten years old – These acts were sustained, deliberate assaults within the safety of the home – Conviction of the

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