Non-reporting of Pocso offences a serious crime: SC
The Times of India Hyderabad|November 03, 2022
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said nonreporting of sexual assault of minors to police is a serious crime under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act and ordered a doctor to face trial for not reporting sexual exploitation of several minor tribal girls in a Maharashtra students hostel.
Dhananjay.Mahapatra timesgroup.com
Non-reporting of Pocso offences a serious crime: SC

During medical examination, the minor tribal students, some of them in class three and five, had informed the doctor about their sexual exploitation by the superintendent of the hostel of Infant Jesus English Public High School in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra and four others. But the medical practitioner allegedly kept silent to protect the accused persons.

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