Allahabad High Court holds that compensation for child sexual assault survivors cannot depend on a physical injury report
25 October 2026
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has held that compensation for child sexual assault survivors cannot be made to depend on the presence of physical injury.
The case is reported as X v. State of UP and the judgment is cited as 2026 AHC-LKO 2981.
The Court dealt with the requirement of an injury report under the Uttar Pradesh scheme that pays financial assistance to such survivors.
It held that a survivor cannot be denied assistance from the fund merely because no injury was recorded.
The Court's direction concerns the Rani Lakshmi Bai Mahila Samman Kosh Scheme, 2015, the Uttar Pradesh fund from which the assistance is paid.
In plain words
POCSO Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — The central law that deals with sexual offences against children.
Mahila Samman Kosh Mahila Samman Kosh — The Uttar Pradesh fund from which financial assistance is paid to women and child survivors.