Overview

• Justice M. Nagaprasanna dismissed the woman’s bid to quash the FIR, citing sufficient material for trial following a Bengaluru Police chargesheet.
• The judgment reads the POCSO Act as gender-neutral, holding that penetrative sexual assault under Sections 4 and 6 can be alleged against any person, with pronouns interpreted inclusively via IPC definitions.
• The court rejected arguments about a four-year delay, the lack of a potency test, and claims that women are only passive participants, calling such notions archaic.
• Case records state the alleged assaults occurred in May–June 2020 at the accused’s Bengaluru residence when the boy was about 13, with disclosure to a therapist in Dubai in 2024 and a complaint filed at HAL police station that June.
• The order cites published data indicating more boys than girls report child sexual abuse, reinforcing that legal scrutiny cannot be guided by gender stereotypes.