{"id":30951,"date":"2013-11-27T16:44:40","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T11:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=30951"},"modified":"2013-11-27T16:44:40","modified_gmt":"2013-11-27T11:14:40","slug":"delhi-hc-wants-special-prosecutors-sex-crimes-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-hc-wants-special-prosecutors-sex-crimes-kids","title":{"rendered":"Delhi HC wants special prosecutors for sex crimes on kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/rape-victim.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10459\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/castration-as-punishment-for-rape\/rape-victim\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/05\/rape-victim.jpg?fit=231%2C218&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"231,218\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rape victim\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/05\/rape-victim.jpg?fit=150%2C141&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/05\/rape-victim.jpg?fit=231%2C218&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10459\" alt=\"rape victim\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/rape-victim.jpg?resize=231%2C218&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"231\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/05\/rape-victim.jpg?w=231&amp;ssl=1 231w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/05\/rape-victim.jpg?resize=150%2C141&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a>The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the state government to appoint special public prosecutors in each district court within three months for matters of sexual offences committed against children.<\/p>\n<p>A division bench of Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justice Manmohan also asked the Delhi government to file a status report in this regard by March 19.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Delhi government must take necessary steps to appoint special public prosecutors. File status report within three weeks,&#8221; the bench said.<\/p>\n<p>A public interest litigation (PIL) filed by advocate Gaurav Kumar Bansal sought direction to the Delhi government to appoint special public prosecutors for these courts.<\/p>\n<p>The PIL submitted that Section 28 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, (POCSO) &#8220;mandates establishment of a court of session to be special court in every district&#8221; and Section 32 &#8220;mandates appointment of special public prosecutors&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Bansal said the government has neither constituted special courts nor appointed special public prosecutors. The act came into force on November 14 last year, he noted.<\/p>\n<p>The petition asked the court to direct the government to create sufficient awareness about the act and its provisions among the public, government officials and police.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An estimated 150 million girls and 73 million boys under 18 years have experienced forced sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual violence involving physical contact,&#8221; Bansal told the court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the state government to appoint special public prosecutors in each district court within three months for matters of sexual offences committed against children. 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