Under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, aggravated penetrative sexual assault…
POCSO protects the child as a person: its preamble speaks of the child's right to privacy and of the child's "healthy physical, emotional, intellectual and social…
Choose your answer
Under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, aggravated penetrative sexual assault is an offence against:
Answer and explanation
Correct answer C
POCSO protects the child as a person: its preamble speaks of the child's right to privacy and of the child's "healthy physical, emotional, intellectual and social development", and its offences are gender-neutral. They are not framed around a woman's modesty, as the old IPC offence was, or around public morality or public order.