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Awareness programme on POCSO Act held in Begusarai

The district and sessions court on Sunday organized a one-day sensitization-cum-awareness programme about the provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and Juvenile Justice Act. Speaking on the occasion, Begusarai district and sessions judge Mohd Shamim Akhtar said, “The Juvenile Justice Act includes two categories of child victims. The first being those who are in conflict with law while the other deals with children in need of care and protection. The objective is to ensure their social reintegration through child-friendly approach with due protection and care.”
Awareness programme on POCSO Act held in Begusarai
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BEGUSARAI: The district and sessions court on Sunday organized a one-day sensitization-cum-awareness programme about the provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and Juvenile Justice Act.
Speaking on the occasion, Begusarai district and sessions judge Mohd Shamim Akhtar said, “The Juvenile Justice Act includes two categories of child victims. The first being those who are in conflict with law while the other deals with children in need of care and protection.
The objective is to ensure their social reintegration through child-friendly approach with due protection and care.”
Deliberating on the POCSO Act, he said it has the provision for speedy trial through designated special courts to ensure timely justice. “Not only penetrative sexual act but sexual harassment and using child for pornographic purposes also come under the purview of this gender neutral Act,” he said.
The implementation of various provisions of the two laws has several stakeholders, including police, child welfare committee, childcare institutions, health professionals, judicial officers as well as members of Bar and media professionals. It is in this light that the juvenile justice secretariat of the Patna high court has asked various district courts to ensure training modules on various aspects of child sexual abuse with special reference to the implementation of POCSO Act and rules 2020, Juvenile Justice Act 2015 and Bihar Juvenile Justice Rules 2017.
Those who participated in the programme included Begusarai ADJ-1 Ravindra Singh, special judge of POCSO court, Habibullah, principal magistrate of juvenile justice board, Ravi Ranjan, child welfare committee chairperson Sangeeta Kumari, principal judge Raj Kishore Rai, Begusarai CJM Thakur Aman Kumar and senior officials besides members of the Bar.
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