Everyday 4 child sexual abuse victims denied justice due to insufficient evidence: Study

Every day four child victims of sexual offences are denied justice due to closure of their cases by police because of insufficient evidence, according to a new study. The study has been released on the occasion of International Women’s Day.

Every day four child victims of sexual offences are denied justice due to closure of their cases by police because of insufficient evidence, according to a new study. The ‘Police case disposal pattern: An enquiry into the cases filed under POCSO Act, 2012’ by Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation (KSCF), is an analysis of the pattern of disposal of POCSO cases by police from 2017 to 2019 and is based on the data and information published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The study has been released on the occasion of International Women’s Day.