Women’s commissions’ chiefs dwell on Pocso Act

  • | Tuesday | 11th December, 2018

Aurangabad: Vijaya Rahatkar, who heads the Maharashtra State Commission for Women, on Tuesday addressed a national conference on Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO). The day-long conference on Tuesday saw discussion on salient features of the POCSO Act, and legislative intent behind the criminal law amendment Act, 2018, challenges in conducting trials under POCSO Act, the role of internet and cyber technology in POCSO crimes and measures to prevent child pornography.The meeting on Tuesday was attended by the chief of women’s commissions from Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka. Of total crimes against children, 34.4% were under POCSO. Thus criminal law amendment act, 2018 came into force to provide maximum penalty of death for the rape of a child below 12 years of age. She said the large number of cases of sexual assault on minors, many of them by people who know the victims, has made such a conference necessary.Rahatkar spoke on effective implementation of the POCSO Act, highlighting amended provisions and the impact of the law.

Aurangabad: Vijaya Rahatkar, who heads the Maharashtra State Commission for Women, on Tuesday addressed a national conference on Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO). She said the large number of cases of sexual assault on minors, many of them by people who know the victims, has made such a conference necessary.Rahatkar spoke on effective implementation of the POCSO Act, highlighting amended provisions and the impact of the law. She explained that stringent punishment like the death penalty have been introduced to ensure that the heinous crimes against children, like the one reported from Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir, against a little girl belonging to the nomadic community, are ever reported again.The National Crime Records Bureau shows that in 2016 there were around 36,022 cases reported under POCSO. Of total crimes against children, 34.4% were under POCSO. The day-long conference on Tuesday saw discussion on salient features of the POCSO Act, and legislative intent behind the criminal law amendment Act, 2018, challenges in conducting trials under POCSO Act, the role of internet and cyber technology in POCSO crimes and measures to prevent child pornography.The meeting on Tuesday was attended by the chief of women’s commissions from Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka. Aurangabad divisional commissioner Prushottam Bhapkar, Aurangabad commissioner of police Chiranjeev Prasad and Aurangabad range special IG Prakash Mutyal also participated.A telecast was organised of a video message from chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. Participants noted that state minister for women and child welfare Pankaja Mundhe was not present.Participants explained that the increasing rate of crimes against children called for deterrent punishment. Thus criminal law amendment act, 2018 came into force to provide maximum penalty of death for the rape of a child below 12 years of age. Punishment for rape was increased to 10 years in jail by amending IPC.

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