Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 · Chapter II: Sexual Offences against Children A.—Penetrative Sexual Assault and Punishment Therefor · B.—aggravated penetrative sexual assault and punishment therefor
Section 6: Punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault
(1) Whoever commits aggravated penetrative sexual assault shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than twenty years, but which may extend to imprisonment for life, which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder of natural life of that person and shall also be liable to fine, or with death.
(2) The fine imposed under sub-section (1) shall be just and reasonable and paid to the victim to meet the medical expenses and rehabilitation of such victim.]
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 14 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 6
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Akhtar Ali @ Ali Akhtar @ Shamim @ Raja Ustad v. State of Uttarakhand
Whether the conviction of the appellants, as recorded by the trial Court and affirmed by the High Court, deserves to be upheld or whether they are entitled to acquittal.
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Sushil Kumar Tiwari v. Hare Ram Sah & Ors.
Allegation against the respondent nos.1 and 2 that they raped a minor girl. It is admitted that they never committed the acts together and always acted separately. In light of the controversy involved in the instant…
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Bhanei Prasad @ Raju v. State of Himachal Pradesh
Matter pertains to correctness of the order passed by the High Court upholding the order of conviction of the father u/s.6 POCSO Act and s.506 IPC and imposition of life imprisonment, for committing sexual assault of…
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Satauram Mandavi v. The State of Chhattisgarh & Anr.
Matter pertains to the retrospective application of the amended provision-s.6 POCSO Act, to the incident which took place prior to the amendment.
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Jai Prakash v. State of Uttarakhand
Allegation against the appellant herein that he committed a forceful rape and strangulated a 10 year old girl child. The punishment handed down to the appellant by the Courts below was of death penalty. Whether the…
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IN RE: RIGHT TO PRIVACY OF ADOLESCENTS versus
Issue arose as regards sentencing the accused; about the rehabilitation of the victim and her child; and about adopting measures for adolescent well being and child protection.
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Waris v. State of Madhya Pradesh
Whether Trial Court ought to have given proper time and opportunity to the legal aid defence counsel to prepare the matter and should have deferred the cross-examination of PW-1 by a reasonable time so as to ensure…
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Sachin v. State of Maharashtra
Issue arose whether, the High Court could enhance the sentence under its revisional powers in a convict’s appeal against conviction.
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Karandeep Sharma @ Razia @ Raju v. State of Uttarakhand
In a case based on circumstantial evidence, whether the concurrent conviction of the appellant-accused for the kidnapping, rape/sexual assault and murder of a minor is sustainable.
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Irfan Alias Bhayu Mevati v. State of Madhya Pradesh
In a case where the trial court relied upon the DNA report, whether the non-examination of the scientific experts involved in the process of conducting DNA profiling examination and issuing the report, led to the…
- Raja Halder v. State NCT of Delhi
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Sambhubhai Raisangbhai Padhiyar v. State of Gujarat
Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order of conviction and death sentence to the appellant for offences punishable u/ss.302, 364 and 377 IPC and ss. 4 and 6 of the POCSO, for committing murder and brutal…
- State v. Santosh Yadav
- Raj & Anr v. The State of NCT of Delhi & Anr
- The State (Nct of Delhi) v. Suraj Srivastava
- Anuj Kumar v. The State NCT of Delhi and Anr
- Avdhesh Singh v. The State Govt. of NCT of Delhi and Anr. & Anr
- Vishal v. The State of NCT of Delhi & Ors
- Nilesh Singh Alias Nilesh Kumar v. State Govt of NCT of Delhi Ors
- Chintu Kumar v. State NCT of Delhi and Ors
- Phaluta Bai v. Government NCT of Delhi & Ors
- Sunil Sharma v. State (Nct of Delhi) & Anr
- Mayank v. Govt of N.C.T of Delhi & Anr
- Saheb Khan & Anr v. State( Govt Ofnct of Delhi) & Ors
- State v. Ankit & Anr
- Arbaaz Khan and Ors v. State and Anr
- Vivek Goswami v. State (Gnct of Delhi) and Anr
- Dr. Azeem v. State
- Neeraj Kumar @ Neeraj v. State (Nct of Delhi) and Ors
- Aman v. The State of Delhi and Anr
- Pankaj Kumar v. The State (Nct) of Delhi & Anr
- The State (Gnct of Delhi) v. Satish Kumar & Anr
- Sahne Alam @ Sahil Caudhary v. State of NCT of Delhi & Anr
- State v. Om Prakash
- Surya Prakash Pal v. State Govt. of NCT Delhi
- Ranjeet Singh v. State NCT of Delhi and Anr
- Minor S Thr Her Mother A v. State & Anr
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Rabbu @ Sarvesh v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
The appellant was convicted for offences punishable u/ss. 450, 376(2)(i), 376D, 376A and 302 r/w. s.34 of IPC and s.5(g)/6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) awarding death penalty…
- State v. Hari Narayan Singh
- Shubham v. State of NCT of Delhi
- Rupi Babbar v. State NCT of Delhi
- Shankar Hirachand Kadam v. The State of NCT Delhi (Through Sho Hauz Khash) & Anr
- Mohd Tausif Khan v. State Govt of NCT of Delhi and Ors
- Itwari Asur v. State
- Sajjad Alam v. State of NCT of Delhi & Anr
- Dayanand v. State NCT of Delhi
- Sabib v. The State Govt of NCT of Delhi
- State NCT of Delhi v. Jitender Kumar @ Jiten
- Arun Malik v. State Govt of NCT of Delhi
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IN RE: RIGHT TO PRIVACY OF ADOLESCENTS versus
(i) When a Court deals with an appeal against an order of conviction, what are the essentials, which a judgment must contain; (ii) What was the duty of the High Court while ascertaining the offences u/s.6 of the…
- Sahil v. The State NCT of Delhi
- Raja v. State of NCT of Delhi & Ors
- Rizwan Ali v. State of NCT of Delhi & Ors
- Sundari Gautam v. State of NCT of Delhi
- Ravi Kumar Dilip Bhai Vishwakarma v. State Through Sho Ps Baba Haridass Nagar and Ors
- Imran Kasgar v. The State & Anr
- Abhishek Khan @ Monu v. The State Govt of Nct, Delhi & Anr
- Praveen Mohammad v. State Govt of NCT of Delhi
- Kaushalendra Pratap Singh v. State NCT of Delhi & Anr
- Mohd Sagir v. The State of NCT of Delhi and Anr
- Sukhbir @ Bhola v. NCT of Delhi
- Bharat Jaina v. State NCT of Delhi
- Raghubir v. State NCT of Delhi & Anr
- Abhinandan v. The State Govt of NCT Delhi & Anr
- Sattar v. State Govt. of NCT Delhi
- Asif Khan v. NCT of Delhi & Ors
- Md Ehsaan and Anr v. The State Govt of NCT of Delhi and Anr
- Vishal v. State & Ors
- Shakeel @ Lalla v. State ( NCT of Delhi) and Ors
- Tulir Charitable Trust v. Union of India & Ors
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Child in Conflict With Law Through His Mother v. The State of Karnataka and Another
(i) Whether the period provided for completion of preliminary assessment u/s. 14(3) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 is mandatory or directory; (ii) Whether the words ‘Children’s…
- Jasvinder Kaur & Anr v. State
- Sonu @ Sunil v. State of NCT of Delhi & Ors
- Deepak v. State of NCT of Delhi
- Ashok Kumar v. State of NCT of Delhi
- Raja Khan v. State
- Veerpal @ Titu v. State
- State NCT of Delhi v. Rahul @Gagan Deep Singh
- Harish v. State of Delhi
- Lucky v. The State Govt. of NCT of Delhi
- Babul Hussen v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Anr
- Paras@Karan v. The State Govt of NCT of Delhi & Anr
- Sachin@Satoo v. State of NCT of Delhi & Anr
- Mukesh v. The State & Anr
- Pardeep Pandit v. The State NCT of Delhi & Anr
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Thirumoorthy v. State Represented by the Inspector of Police
Appellant-accused, a Child in Conflict with Law on the date of the incident was convicted and sentenced u/ss.363, 342, 302, 201 r/w 302, IPC and s.6, POCSO Act. Trial, conviction and sentence of the appellant, if was…
- Amar Pal v. The State NCT of Delhi and Ors
- State v. Raja Ram
- Manvir @ Manish v. State
- Pawan Kumar @ Monu v. State Govt. of NCT of Delhi
- State v. Kapiladdin Mandal
- Seema Rani Khakha v. State (Govt. of NCT Delhi)
- Premodya Khakha v. State (Govt. of NCT Delhi)
- State v. Jai Singh
- Balbir Singh Inspector v. State of NCT of Delhi & Anr
- Abhay @ Kaku v. State
- Mohd. Vakil @ Sameer v. State of NCT of Delhi & Anr
- Ram Bahadur v. State (Nct of Delhi)
- Devi @ Jarina v. State and Ors
- Jeena v. State (Govt. of NCT of Delhi)