SC stays Allahabad HC’s ‘grabbing breasts not rape’ ruling, calls it ‘insensitive, inhuman’

The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday (Mar 26) stayed the Allahabad High Court order in a case about child abuse as the judge had observed that the grabbing of breast and pulling the string of a pyjama don’t amount to a rape attempt. Instead, the High Court had categorised the act as “aggravated sexual assault” under the POCSO Act, which carries a lesser penalty. Watch in for more details!