False POCSO Allegations in Matrimonial Disputes: Supreme Court Lays Down Safeguards Against Hasty Arrests, Restores Child’s Custody to Father

Addressing the troubling trend of penal provisions being weaponised in marital warfare, a Supreme Court Bench comprising Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice K.V. Viswanathan ruled that police cannot make hasty or mechanical arrests in cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act arising out of matrimonial disputes without prior evaluation by a

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