Madras HC: No need to name minor boy in pregnancy cases

Settling key legal points concerning sex crimes, the Madras high court has said that in cases of consensual sex between minors, termination of pregnancy can be done to a minor girl without insisting on the name of the minor for the report to be filed under the Pocso Act, if the girl or her guardian are not interested in proceeding legally.

Madras HC: No need to name minor boy in pregnancy cases
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Settling key legal points concerning sex crimes, the Madras high court has said that in cases of consensual sex between minors, termination of pregnancy can be done to a minor girl without insisting on the name of the minor for the report to be filed under the Pocso Act, if the girl or her guardian are not interested in proceeding legally.