Special Court Case Summary

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Special courts have been set up under the act to conduct rapid and in-camera trials. It is the obligatory for these courts to ensure that the minor is not exposed to the accused while recording his/her statement, the identity of the minor remains undisclosed, the minor is not asked to repeat his/her testimony in court and that minor can also give his/her testimony through a video, the cases are not deferred due to any reason and are disposed off within a year from the date of it being reported, an interpreter, translator, special educator or any other expert should be present in court if the minor needs any sort of help or assistance, and the family of the minor should be awarded compensation for medical treatment and rehabilitation.
Punishments under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012
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Penetrative sexual assault The penetration can either be penile-vaginal, penile-oral, penile-urethral or penile-anal, or object penetration. Section 4 of the act provides for punishment not less than 7 years which may extent to life imprisonment and a fine.
2. Aggravated penetrative sexual assault committed by a person of trust or authority Section 6 of the act lays down the punishment which should not less than 10 years; it may also extend to rigorous life imprisonment, and a fine.
3. Non-penetrative sexual assault committed with a sexual intent Non penetrative sexual assault includes touching the vagina, penis, anus or breast of the child or asking the child to touch the vagina, penis, anus or breast of the perpetrator or any other person or any other act done with sexual intention. In such cases, Section 10 provides for punishment for not less than 3 years which may extend to 5 years and a fine.
4. Aggravated non-penetrative sexual assault done by a person of trust and authority Section 10 lays down the punishment which should not be less than 5 years and it may also extend to 7 years, and a fine (Section
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