Mikavel vs The State of Tamilnadu, Rep. by, the Inspector of Police, Thiruchendur AWPS – Police Station, Thoothukudi

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2026 Supreme(Mad) 1190

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENGH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
L.VICTORIA GOWRI
Mikavel – Appellant
Versus
The State of Tamilnadu, Rep. by, the Inspector of Police, Thiruchendur AWPS – Police Station, Thoothukudi – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. P. Selvakumar
For the Respondent:Mr. M. Sakthi Kumar, Government Advocate (Crl. side)

ORDER :

Common Prologue:

(For the Compendium of Child-Welfare Oriented Orders under the POCSO Regime)

This Court has consciously chosen to present the following four matters together in the form of a single compendium of judicial orders, not for the purpose of sensationalising instances of alleged false implication under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (hereinafter referred to as “the POCSO Act”), but rather as a larger child-welfare centred constitutional exercise intended to provoke institutional introspection, academic engagement, policy reflection, and systemic reform concerning the manner in which children are presently dealt with within the criminal justice administration.

2. Though arising from different factual backgrounds, districts, and individual narratives, all the four cases placed before this Court revealed one deeply disturbing common feature namely, that children who entered the justice delivery system under the protective umbrella of the POCSO Act ultimately became exposed to varying degrees of emotional confusion, psychological strain, procedural insensitivity, institutional inadequacy, repetitive narration of allegations, social stigma, fami