Tamil Nadus top cop Sylendra Babu said that investigating officers should not make hasty arrests under the POCSO law . Arrest under POCSO should be made only after permission from the Superintendent of Police (SP) level officer, who is the head of police department .
Chennai: In cases involving love affairs and marriages, Tamil Nadus' top cop, Sylendra Babu, said that investigating officers should not make hasty arrests under the POCSO law, but that arrest under POCSO should be made only after permission from the Superintendent of Police (SP) level officer, who is the head of police department.In many instances, pregnant women were separated from their husbands and minor girls were transported to government homes, wreaking havoc on families.According to police, an arrest is not necessary and non-arrest is not likely to jeopardize the case's motives.In addition, because the accused cooperated in the investigation and were purely cases of mutual romantic connection, a decision was made not to arrest the accused,Asra Garg tol.
In a number of cases, the Supreme Court has ruled that we are exercising our discretion to avoid arresting in accordance with well established law.Mr Garg said that arrests are made only as necessary as the facts and circumstances dictate, and that each event is accounted for in the investigation file.Activists applauded the move.We need to understand the difference between law and punishment. POCSO was never intended to criminalize intimate relationships between consensual young adults, according to Vidya Reddy, Founder of TULIR, a charity that supports children who have been sexually assaulted.