JVMS section 4.4.6 states as follows:
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  CONSTANT_NameAndType_info {
    u1 tag;
    u2 name_index;
    u2 descriptor_index;
  }
  ...

  The items of the CONSTANT_NameAndType_info structure are as follows:
  ...
  descriptor_index

  The value of the descriptor_index item must be a valid index into the
  constant_pool table. The constant_pool entry at that index must be a
  CONSTANT_Utf8_info (4.4.7) structure representing a *valid* field descriptor
  (4.3.2) or method descriptor (4.3.3).
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However, JVM class format checker does not reject classes with invalid
(according to Section 4.3.3) method descriptors at the descriptor_index
in the CONSTANT_NameAndType_info structure (like "(#)V", "(.)V", "(;)V",
"()V#" or similar) if there are *NO any explicit or implicit references*
to this NameAndType from a class methods bytecodes.