Mohd Suhaib Abbasi, LLM (Criminal Law), School of Law and Constitutional Studies, Shobhit Institute of Engineering and Technology (A Deemed to be University), Meerut
Ms Neha Bharti, Assistant Professor, School of Law and Constitutional Studies, Shobhit Institute of Engineering and Technology (A Deemed to be University), Meerut
ABSTRACT
Children are the most vulnerable group in our society. In recent times, sexual offences against children has increased a lot. In India before 2012, there was no specific law related to protection of child from sexual offences, it was covered within the ambit of Indian Penal Code, 1860. With the increasing sexual cases against child parliament has enacted a legislation i.e. Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act, 2012).
POCSO Act, 2012 find its sanctity from UN Convention on right to child 1992, and Article 15 Constitution of India, 1950. Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 was enacted with the objective to protect the children from the offences of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and pornography, for safeguarding the interests of the child at every stage.
Act, 2012, and its exemplary features. In recent years POCSO Act, 2012 has resulted to be a weak law as crime rate in sexual assaults has increased with time and no proper action has been followed and taken by authorities of criminal justice administration. Still we have POCSO Act but the crimes of child sexual abuse is increasing day by day.
Keywords: Child sexual abuse, children, assault, protection.
