Volume : VI, Issue : III, March - 2017

Protection of Children from Sexual Offences: Decoding the Law.

Dr. Ashutosh Bairagi

Abstract :

 The child sexual abuse (CSA ) which has reached epidemic proportion is an under–reported offence in India. Historically, child sexual abuse (CSA) has been a hidden problem in India, largely ignored in public discourse and by the criminal justice system. Recognizing the vulnerability of children, short of provisions of law for the sexual crime against children and realizing the trauma with which the society has to suffer ,The POCSO Act was enacted to fill in the shoes of existing law –Indian Penal Code  as  it was not enough to address the sexual offences and the pre–existing laws have no provision to deal with sexual abuse of male children. This paper highlights the CSA as a socio legal problem and presents the statistical data of it. An attempt has been made by author through this paper to underline the distinguishing features of POCSO Act with the suggestions to curb the problem of CSA.

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Dr. Ashutosh Bairagi, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences: Decoding the Law., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : VOLUME-6 | ISSUE-3 | MARCH‾2017

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