Bengaluru, Aug. 19 -- The Karnataka high court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by a 52-year-old woman seeking to quash a sexual assault complaint filed against her under the protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act by the parents of a minor boy. Justice M Nagaprasanna refused to quash the ongoing proceedings in the case against the woman and said that the provisions of the Pocso Act apply to both men and women, making it gender-neutral. The court further said that offences of penetrative sexual assault under Sections 4 and 6 of the Pocso Act that deal with penetrative sexual assault, can be alleged against women. Justice Nagaprasanna held that while Sections 3 and 5 of the Pocso Act use gendered pronouns, the preamble an...