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Last updated: July 1, 2023 at 07:26 AM IST
One justice, Deepak Kumar Agarwal, held that the 2012 amendment that raised the age of consent from 16 to 18 had frayed the fabric of society. (representative image / ANI)
The Supreme Court made the remark as it overturned an FIR against a 20-year-old man accused of raping a 16-year-old girl.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has urged the central government to reduce the age of consent for women from 18 to 16 to avoid “injustice” on teenage boys who are treated as criminals. The Supreme Court made the observation while annulling the FIR against a 20-year-old who accused a man of raping a 16-year-old girl.
according to Hindustan Times In the report, Deepak Kumar Agarwal, a single justice, held that the 2012 amendment that raised the age of consent from 16 to 18 had “disturbed the fabric of society”.
“Nowadays, every male or female approaching the age of 14, due to the awareness of social media and the ease of access to the Internet, is reaching puberty at an early age,” El-Kadhi said, adding that boys and girls are attracted to each other due to their early puberty. , “which eventually led to consensual physical relations”.
“In these cases, the men are not criminals at all. It is only a matter of age when they come into contact with females and develop physical relationships,” he added.
The Madhya Pradesh HC on Thursday dismissed an FIR against a 20-year-old man, who was accused of repeatedly raping and impregnating a 16-year-old girl for six months in April 2020.
The man was arrested in July 2020 and booked under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code and relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (Pocso) and remained in jail without bail for three years.
In the judgment, Agrawal said, “According to the prosecution story, she was a minor at the time of the accident. This court, which considers the physical and mental development of an adolescent of that age group, will consider it logical that such a person should be able to make an informed decision regarding his or her welfare at first glance. There appears to be no criminal intent (false intent).
The court also urged the central government to consider the issue of “reducing the age of public prosecutors from 18 to 16 as it was before that, before the amendments, so that the injustice is corrected.”
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