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as held by Bombay High Court.
SC says that giving narrow meaning of physical contact to confine it to skin-to-skin contact would defeat the purpose of POCSO Act and it cannot be accepted
SC sets aside the verdict of Bombay High Court which jad held that skin-to-skin contact essential for POCSO offence ans convicted two accused and two year jail term who had indecently touched body of a minor
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