POCSO Act victim has to be mandatorily heard before granting anticipatory bail to accused: Allahabad High Court
The Court said that issuing notice and hearing the victim or informant is a mandatory statutory command under the POCSO Act read with Rules of the POCSO Rules, 2020.
Justice Vivek Kumar Singh observed that issuing notice and hearing the victim or informant is a mandatory statutory command under the POCSO Act read with Rules of the POCSO Rules, 2020. The Court was hearing a plea moved by a complainant seeking canc... [1908 chars]
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