Cabinet has approved amendments to the POCSO Act(Prevention Of Children from Sexual Offences) to make punishment more stringent for committing sexual crimes against children.
To discourage the trend of child sexual abuse by acting as a deterrent, Section-4, Section-5 and Section-6 are proposed to be amended to provide the option of stringent punishment, including the death penalty, for committing aggravated penetrative sexual assault crime on a child.
The amendments are also proposed in section-9 to protect children from sexual offences in times of natural calamities and disasters.