Overview

• On May 27, the Delhi High Court quashed a six-year-old FIR registered under the POCSO Act at the request of the survivor and her family.
• Justice Sanjeev Narula ordered the accused to perform one month of community service at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital.
• The court imposed a Rs50,000 fine on the petitioner to be paid into the Army Welfare Fund Battle Casualties.
• The original FIR stemmed from allegations that the accused and an accomplice extorted money by threatening to release private photographs shared during a school relationship in 2017–18.
• While noting the serious nature of cyber-enabled harassment of a minor, the bench emphasized the survivor’s desire for closure and the impact of ongoing proceedings on her marriage prospects.