20-Year Sentence Under Section 4(2) of POCSO Act Not Valid When Charges Were Framed Only Under Section 4: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court, in a significant judgment, quashed the conviction and 20-year sentence of Laldingluaia under Section 4(2) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, due to procedural lapses in the framing of charges. The Court emphasized that framing charges without specifying the subsection of Section 4 renders a harsher

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