About the POSCO act
POCSO or The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, was established to protect the children against offences like sexual abuse, sexual harassment and pornography.
It was formed to provide a child-friendly system for trial for offences against children, and avoid the re-victimisationof the child at the hands of the judicial system.
Pocso Act court has provision for in-camera trial in a child-friendly environment without revealing the identity of children.
The Act defines a child as any person below eighteen years of age.
The Act defines different forms of sexual abuse which includes penetrative and non-penetrative assault.
It also involves sexual harassment, pornography, etc.
The Act also makes it mandatory to report such cases and it makes it the legal duty of a person aware of the offence to report the sexual abuse.
It prescribes rigorous imprisonment for sexual assault and other related crimes.
Under the Act, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is mandated to monitor implementation of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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