High Court: Child cannot be used as a weapon in marital disputes

The High Court stated that a child should not be used as a weapon in a couple's dispute. The court noted that children's innocence should not be used as a tool to settle personal grievances between parents. This observation was made by Justice M. Nagaprashanna while dismissing a POCSO case filed by a woman against her husband, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law, alleging sexual abuse of their four-and-a-half-year-old daughter. The High Court allowed the husband to initiate legal action against the wife under Section 22 of the POCSO Act.