attempt to rape judgment India

New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh): The Supreme Court has overturned a controversial Allahabad High Court judgment that had ruled that grabbing a minor girl’s breasts and pulling her pyjama string did not amount to an attempt to rape, calling the decision “patently erroneous”. A three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, along with Justices Joymalya Bagchi and N.V. Anjaria, restored the summons issued by the trial court under Section 376 (attempt to rape) of the IPC along with provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. In its February 10 order, the court held that…