High Court upholds 5-year jail term to school bus driver for sexually assaulting minor girl students

 

The High Court Delhi has upheld a 5-year jail term awarded to a school bus driver for sexually assaulting two minor students of class 5 in 2014.

The accused had challenged a 2020 trial court decision holding him guilty of section 354A (sexual harassment) IPC and section 10 (punishment for aggravated sexual assault) of POCSO Act on grounds that there were contradictions in the prosecution case and both the victims could not give the exact date and narration of the event.

 

Dismissing the appeal, Justice Jasmeet Singh observed that the nature and gravity of the accusation were very serious and the minor contradictions in the version of the two victims did not make their testimonies unreliable.

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