The Madras High Court on 16th March 2021 ruled that offenses under the POCSO act cannot be compounded even if the Victim is ready to swear in. The HC while deciding on a Criminal Miscellaneous Petition filed under sections 482 and 391 of Cr.P.C., seeking to take additional evidence of the victim also defined the
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