Chennai: The Madras High Court said in an important judgment that the POCSO law does not have a provision to punish boys of adolescent age who establish a consensual relationship with a minor girl. Parents and social support is essential for a couple undergoing physical changes. Judge N Anand Venkatesh said that the Poxo law was brought to protect children from sexual offenses, but a large number of families of teenagers and minor children/girls who are involved in love affairs are filing complaints.

Therefore, the legislature has to bring changes in the law keeping in sync with changes in social requirements. Judge Venkatesh quashed a criminal case registered against an auto driver under the Protection of Children / Girls from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO). A case was registered against him for marrying a minor girl. The judge said that it is clear in the law that such cases should not be brought under its purview, which are in the love affair of teenagers or minors. According to POCSO law, of course, the hard nature makes the boy's act criminal.

He said that punishing a teenage boy who has a relationship with a minor girl has never been a motive of the POCSO law. Adolescents undergoing hormonal and physical changes, in which decision-making abilities are not yet developed, need the support of their parents and society.

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