Supreme Court of India
Balesh Kumar Kuraiti v. State of Chhattisgarh
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We are of the view that the High Court erred in applying the punishment prescribed under the Amended Act of 2019 , enhancing the minimum punishment under Section 6 of the POCSO Act.
Judgment, page 10
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before us is with respect to whether the sentence imposed by the High Court is correct under law. Thus, we make no observations on the conviction of the Appellant on the said offences and the conviction awarded by the Trial Court as confirmed by the High Court requires no interference. With that in mind, we frame the following question of law - ISSUE Whether the High Court is justified in reducing the substantive sentence of the Appellant- Accused from life imprisonment to 20 years rigorous imprisonment by taking the 2019 Amendment to the POCSO Act into consideration? 12. We answer this
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