'Touching the delicate parts of children without skin to skin contact is sexual abuse'- SC
- The Supreme Court has ruled over the issue of skin to skin contact not being mandatory for sexual offences against children.
- The top court stated that touching the delicate parts of children without skin to skin contact is sexual abuse under the POCSO Act.
- It added that the purpose of POCSO is to protect children from sexual abuse. Such a narrow interpretation would be harmful.
- SC has also set aside the decision of the Bombay High Court and the accused in the case has been sentenced to 3 years.
- A bench of Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, Justice S Ravindra Bhatt and Justice Bela M Trivedi gave this verdict.
