The Delhi High Court has dismissed Ankit Kumar Singh’s plea to quash an FIR and POCSO proceedings, holding that the victim’s present choice, their September 2025 marriage and their child cannot retrospectively supply legal consent to sexual intercourse during her minority, and leaving him free to approach the Supreme Court under Article 142.
The Allahabad High Court has directed criminal prosecution of Advocate Prakash Pandey (Rangesh) for solemnizing the marriage of a minor in his chamber in the Kanpur Nagar District Court complex and issuing a certificate bearing a serial number already used for another couple, and has asked the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh to act for cancellation of his licence.
Justice Sanjeev Narula of the Delhi High Court has refused to quash an FIR under Section 64(1) of the BNS and Section 6 of POCSO against a man who married a 16-year-old girl, holding that a marriage recognised under Muslim personal law confers no immunity, since the age of eighteen under POCSO and the BNS cannot be replaced by puberty.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court held that a woman married during childhood cannot be denied reasonable maintenance, observing that she was victimised first by child marriage and later by being awarded a meagre maintenance amount. The Court emphasised the need to protect the rights and dignity of women.
