1 year, 7 months ago

65% Pocso cases pending in Delhi, several accused walk free

On July 30, Asafak Alam, 29, was arrested for the rape and murder of a five-year old girl in Ernakulam, Kerala. A little over 65% of cases related to sexual offices committed against minors have been pending trial for at least a year, resulting in the release of several offenders on bail, according to data shared by Delhi Police. And those exceptions also do not take not more another 30 days.” Delhi Police data shows that out of 1142 such cases reported in 2022, 1140 were chargesheeted; out of 1206 cases in 2021, charge sheets were prepared in 1204. Bharti Ali, activist and co-founder of HAQ Centre of Child Rights which had conducted a study on implementation of Pocso Act in Delhi, Assam and Haryana said pendency can be avoided if cases involving romantic relationships are decriminalised. And in Delhi in March this year, a 36-year-old man identified as Pervinder Singh allegedly killed a 15-year-old boy for resisting sexual abuse and then sodomised the corpse., Singh was found to have raped a five-year-old boy in Haryana’s Kundli, a case in which he was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in jail.

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