Editor Mr.Mayank Rawat ( Chief Editor Mr. Rohit Mishra )
New Delhi: The aspirations of India rest on our children, but it is a matter of great misfortune that children, including minor girls and boys, are in an extremely vulnerable position, a court in Delhi said recently. The observation came while sentencing a 29-year-old man to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old mentally disabled girl in 2018.“The cases of sexual assault on children are examples of perverse lust for sex where even innocent children are not spared in pursuit of sexual pleasure. People like the convict use various modes for exploiting children, including sexual assault and sexual abuse. Such exploitation by way of sexual abuse of children is a crime against humanity and society,” the court of additional sessions judge Susheel Bala Dagar said on May 1. The court was hearing the arguments on sentencing against the man, who was earlier convicted for the penal provision of rape, besides section 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the Pocso Act. Additional public prosecutor Yogita Kaushik Dahiya submitted before the court that the convict deserved no leniency as he committed the grave offence on the minor.Asserting that every child, whether belonging to rural or urban areas, rich or poor, deserves special care, the court stated, “It is the duty of the courts, the police, as well as the masses at large, that proper legal protection is given to every child. In a patriarchal society as in our country, everyone is quick to blame the victim child involved in any such incident of penetrative sexual assault. A child who is subjected to sexual abuse needs to be protected even more, so that no mental harassment is meted out to the child by anyone.”The court awarded Rs 10.5 lakh compensation to the victim, saying she was subjected to a crime which left a grave impact on her mental, physical, and emotional well-being.
Mayank Rawat
