📚 Digest on Rape & POCSO Cases | 3rd Edition (2025)
✒️ A Comprehensive Case Law Digest Covering Rape, POCSO, and Other Sexual Offences, this book brings together landmark judgments of the Supreme Court and High Courts of India, ensuring a well-rounded and up-to-date legal reference for practitioners, law enforcement, and judiciary alike.

🔍 Key Highlights:

• ⚖️ Extensive Digest of Judgments – Covers critical rulings on:

  • Rape under IPC Sections 375–376

  • Offences under POCSO Act, 2012

  • Sexual harassment, aggravated assault & custodial rape

  • Gender-neutral interpretation under POCSO

  • False implication cases and acquittals

• 👶 Special Focus on Child Victims –

  • Analysis of how courts address trauma, age of consent, delay in FIR, hostile witnesses, and sentencing in child sexual abuse cases

• 🧾 Parallel Citations – Includes SCC, AIR, CriLJ, DMC, and other journals for each case for easy reference

👥 Who Should Read This Book?

• ⚖️ Criminal Lawyers & Defence Counsels – For trial and appellate strategies in sexual offence cases

• 🏛️ Judicial Officers & Courts – As a ready reference for interpreting complex rape & POCSO provisions

• 🧑‍🏫 Law Students & Academicians – For in-depth understanding of judicial reasoning in sexual crime cases

• 👮 Law Enforcement & Investigating Agencies – To ensure sensitive handling, accurate charge framing, and compliance with procedural safeguards

• 🧑‍⚖️ Child Welfare Committees & NGOs – For better understanding of legal safeguards and judicial protection for child victims

📖 Content Overview:

• 📜 POCSO Act, 2012 – Interpreted by Courts

  • Consent, age determination, burden of proof, victim testimony, presumption clauses

  • Role of Special Courts, medical evidence standards, sentencing policy

• 🚨 Rape Cases under IPC

  • Custodial rape, gang rape, rape on false promise of marriage, mentally/physically disabled victims

  • Acquittals due to lack of evidence, hostile witnesses, and false allegations

• 💡 Notable Judgments – Covers verdicts like:

  • Independent witness credibility

  • Delay in filing FIR not fatal

  • Testimony of prosecutrix as sole basis for conviction

• 📚 Analytical Catch Notes – Precisely curated legal points, findings, and doctrines extracted from 1000+ rulings

📌 Special Features:

• 📑 Exhaustive Subject Index & Topic-Wise Arrangement – Find relevant rulings quickly on specific issues like consent, medical evidence, cross-examination, sentencing, etc.

• 🧠 Lucid Legal Analysis – Written for both experts and new learners, making complex rulings understandable

• ⚖️ Updated for 2025 – Reflects recent judicial trends, statutory amendments, and critical developments

• 🛡️ Human Rights & Victim-Centric Approach – Recognises trauma and dignity of survivors, while balancing principles of fair trial

📘 Why This Book?
With the growing sensitivity around sexual violence, especially against children, this digest becomes an essential companion for anyone dealing with criminal justice. It ensures that lawyers, judges, investigators, and students have access to the most authoritative and updated case laws in the domain.

An indispensable legal digest for courtroom advocacy, academic research, and responsible justice delivery.