Archive · 19 Sep 2026
Supreme Court Acquits Man, Rejects Absolute POCSO Guilt Presumption
The Supreme Court cleared a man who had been convicted in a case involving an allegation of sexual assault against a minor girl.
The allegation concerned an incident said to have happened in 2015.
It was reported to have occurred in a slum in Kalkaji, south Delhi.
A woman had accused the man of harming her daughter.
A trial court and the Delhi High Court had found the man guilty.
The Supreme Court reviewed the case and disagreed with those decisions.
It said the allegation was false and related to a long-running disagreement about water.
The court also said that guilt cannot automatically be presumed in every POCSO case.
The Supreme Court acquitted a man accused of sexually assaulting a minor girl in 2015.
Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N V Anjaria set aside the trial court and Delhi High Court convictions.
The alleged assault occurred in a Kalkaji slum in south Delhi, according to the report.
The court found that the allegation was false and connected to a long-standing water dispute.
The ruling emphasized that the presumption of guilt in a POCSO case is not absolute.
- Who
- The Supreme Court bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N V Anjaria acquitted a man accused by a woman of sexually assaulting her minor daughter.
- What
- The Supreme Court set aside the trial court and Delhi High Court convictions and acquitted the man.
- When
- The alleged assault was reported to have occurred in 2015; the date of the Supreme Court ruling was not provided.
- Where
- A Kalkaji slum in south Delhi.
- Why
- The Supreme Court found the allegation false and linked to a long-standing dispute over water between the woman and the man.
Accusation and Earlier Convictions
Supreme Court Findings
Whether the allegation was credible
Accusation and Earlier Convictions
The woman accused the man of sexually assaulting her minor daughter, and the trial court and Delhi High Court convicted him.
Supreme Court Findings
The Supreme Court found the allegation was false and acquitted the man.
Presumption of guilt
Accusation and Earlier Convictions
The earlier convictions resulted in the man being found guilty in the lower courts.
Supreme Court Findings
The Supreme Court said that a presumption of guilt in a POCSO case is not absolute.
Possible motive behind the allegation
Accusation and Earlier Convictions
The accusation was presented as a sexual-assault complaint involving the woman's minor daughter.
Supreme Court Findings
The Supreme Court linked the allegation to a long-standing dispute between the woman and the man over water.
- Case type
- POCSO case involving an allegation of sexual assault against a minor girl
- Supreme Court outcome
- The accused man was acquitted
- Earlier decisions
- The trial court and Delhi High Court had convicted the man
- Supreme Court bench
- Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N V Anjaria
- Alleged incident
- Reportedly occurred in 2015
- Reported location
- A Kalkaji slum in south Delhi
- Court finding
- The allegation was false and connected to a long-standing water dispute