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[h=1]No quick fix for India's rape crisis[/h]By Gayatri Rangachari Shah
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Male Rape In India: Breaking The Silence

Posted: 06/05/2015 08:14 IST Updated: 06/05/2015 08:14 IST

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Co-authored by Tanya Sharma, author of My NGO Handbook, political commentator, researcher and columnist.
Rape. The word reminds us of harrowing crimes against women like the Nirbhaya gang-rape, unprecedented protests held by citizens across the country, and national debates involving various stakeholders including lawmakers and activists. However, the word is associated with a basic assumption: a man unleashes brutal sexual violence on a woman. In our national debate about rape, rape on males is rarely, if ever, addressed.
It seems unfathomable for another man, and more so, for a woman to rape a man. This piece explores the existence of male rape in India as well as the associated psychological, social and legal issues.
1. "Men can't get raped"
The first barrier male survivors of rape face is psychological and social. There is an almost unanimous social standard that only women can get raped. Men are strong and can therefore protect themselves from male-assailants and can obviously not be raped by women.
"Legal reform is needed but that alone will not address the problem. It is important for society to collectively recognise the reality of sexual violence against men."
It is this thinking that isolates victims. In fact, many victims recall disbelief instead of empathy as their family and friends' primary reaction.Male survivors have very few active organisations to support them, but more importantly perhaps, they often get little compassion or acknowledgement from society.
Male survivors go through similar psychological torture as female victims, but because of the lack of supporting institutions and social acceptance, they are compelled to remain silent. This is similar to how sexual violence on women often goes unreported because of social stigma. Except, while society has started talking more openly about addressing the issue of justice and empowerment for women, even the basic acknowledgement of sexual violence against men is absent.
2. Mindset
Activists often cite mindset as the root cause of violence and discrimination against women. The same mindset, which is primarily a function of patriarchy, is responsible for the plight of male survivors.
Patriarchal thinking dictates that a woman--weak, fragile, and unprotected--will be exploited by men, leading to baseless statements like "she was asking for it", "boys will be boys" etc. The same mindset adversely affects men. If raped, a man is seen as unable to protect himself and at times labelled as 'unmanly'. Worse still, survivors are dismissed because it is believed that they surely "must have enjoyed it", a reasoning stemming from the thinking that men are ever-ready sexual beings, and thus the concept of 'consent' is often ignored in the context of men. According to the patriarchal mindset, "sex is something men do to women". It refuses to accept that another man or a woman, can inflict sexual violence on a man.
The derogatory judgements of "unmanliness" are also made if men are vocal about their stories because of the deep-rooted belief that "boys don't cry". In fact, in a blog post that went viral on the internet, Vinodhan, a male rape-survivor, shared both these concerns. He described his personal experience and stated that, "Sometimes rape is inflicted on men just to shame them; to supposedly insult their masculinity."
3. Absence of a strong legal framework
Patriarchal thinking is also reflected in our legal system. Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code does not include males as rape victims. The only route for a male victim to find justice is through Section 377, India's anti-sodomy law, if he is assaulted by a male attacker. Sodomy, however, is not considered actual rape. Importantly, there isno distinction between consensual and non-consensual sexual acts between two male adults. If a female is the perpetrator, there is no mechanism for finding justice.
So what is the way forward? As highlighted above, much depends on the mindset. By heightening awareness about this issue, it is critical that we educate one another about the plight of voiceless male rape victims who are silenced by society and institutions alike. We have to acknowledge that men have the right to say no to sexual activity, can be vulnerable, and can experience psychological and physical trauma.
"urvivors are dismissed because it is believed that they surely "must have enjoyed it""
It would also help immensely if more victims like Vinodhan are able to share their experiences but for that to happen it is vital that we as a society make it conducive for them to do so without the fear of being judged or ridiculed. There is also need for more data on male rape in India including qualitative data which goes beyond mere statistics.
Legal reform is needed but that alone will not address the problem. It is important for society to collectively recognise the reality of sexual violence against men. However, it must not be limited to periodic instances of short-lived outrage every time a crime is publicised. Instead we need an ongoing dialogue on this issue for ensuring that the rights of male rape survivors are not violated.
This is not to undermine the experiences of women subjected to rape and discrimination. But, as society matures, we must develop empathy for all and this includes male rape victims. Thus, breaking our silence on the issue of male rape and questioning social constructs that glorify machismo, reduce men to stereotypes and force them to mask their feelings, is what we need.


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[h=1]india :In five years, child rapes soar 151%[/h][TABLE="width: 100%"]
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[TD="width: 46, align: left"]Source :[/TD]
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Last Updated: Mon, Aug 24, 2015 11:02 hrs

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In 2014, a spate of child-sexual-abuse cases in Bangalore gained much attention: A six-year-old girl raped by her 37-year-old teacher, a four-year-old girl sexually assaulted by unidentified persons and an eight-year-old girl raped by her 63-year-old teacher, to mention a few.
Splashed in the media and fiercely debated, these cases were only the public manifestation of what is increasingly acknowledged as a largely private crime, with unknown numbers not reported or registered in official statistics.

Yet, the number of registered child rapes rose 151% from 5,484 in 2009 to 13,766 in 2014, according to the National Crime Records Bureau.
In addition, 8,904 cases were registered nationwide under the Prevention of Sexual Offences Against Children (POCSO) Act and 11,335 under the category "assault on women (girl child) with intent to outrage her modesty under Section 354 IPC (which includes stalking, voyeurism, use of criminal force with an intent to disrobe, etc)", according to the NCRB.
NCRB has started collecting POCSO-specific data only from 2014 onwards only. A simple explanation of the POSCO Act is given here the new law makes it mandatory to report all cases of child sexual abuse.
Madhya Pradesh tops the list in child rapes, followed by Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh (UP).
Source: NCRB
Source: NCRB
There are two major reasons for rising rapes against children over the past four years: First, a rise in reporting; and second, new criminal laws, experts told IndiaSpend.
"Reporting of child abuse and rape cases have increased due to the lowering of the stigma attached, but incidence has also increased, definitely," said Amit Sen, a child and adolescent psychiatrist from Delhi.
The rise of social media has created awareness about child abuse, said Sonali Gupta, a clinical psychologist from Mumbai. "Furthermore, many instances of celebrities opening up about being abused in their childhood (for instance, the actor Kalki Koechin) have also motivated many parents to report abuse," she said.
Simultaneously, the introduction of POCSO in 2012 and the Criminal Law (Amendment) Actin 2013 was instrumental in higher reporting of rape against children-although sexually active teenagers now run the risk of consensual intercourse being classified as rape.
The new definitions of rape
"The definition of rape… now includes many more sexual actions than were earlier classified as sexual assault," said Ved Kumari, a professor at Delhi University's Faculty of Law. She explained how POSCO has raised the age of consent for girls from 16 to 18 years. This means boys who have consensual sex can be charged with rape.
Before the new laws, only "peno-vaginal assault" was considered rape with an excessive emphasis on torn hymens (which continues), according to Shaibya Saldanha, co-founder of Bangalore's Enfold Trust, an advocacy that focuses on child sexual abuse.
"But now, injuries to vagina and other parts are considered as evidence," said Saldanha. "For boys, it was even more difficult as only serious anal injuries would be considered as evidence. POCSO states that a child's testimony and circumstantial evidence will be of paramount importance."
As a consequence, there has been "a huge increase" in child-sexual-abuse cases after the POSCO Act of 2012, said Audrey D'Mello, Project Director at Mumbai's Majlis Law, a legal advocacy.
Source: NCRB
UP tops the list in POCSO cases, accounting for 40% of the total cases, followed by West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.
However, little has changed in rural areas, which are largely untouched by media pressure, political interest and the NGOs who help in registering cases.
"In rural areas, police are extremely reluctant to file a FIR," said Rakesh Senger, Project Director–Campaigns and Victim Assistance, Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), or Save Childhood Movement, an NGO. "Only extreme cases such as a gang rape or a multiple rapes by a single person are accorded some importance."
Most abuse is by people close or known to children
It is known that about nine of 10 rapes and sexual assaults are carried out by people known to the victim. That holds true in the case of children as well.
As many as 86% of all rapes in 2014 were committed by a person known to the victim, according to the NCRB.
RAHAT is a program by Majlis Law to provide socio-legal support to survivors of sexual assault, so that survivors are not traumatised in the course of investigation and prosecution. This is what they found during a study of 644 cases they handled in Mumbai:
51% of the victims were between 11 years and 18 years old
91% of rapes were committed by known persons and involved long-term abuse
46% of family rapes were by fathers
"We all talk about installing CCTVs and making public spaces, but children are being abused more by known people including family members, therefore, the discourse needs to focus in the right direction," said D'Mello of Majlis Law.
"In most of the cases that come to us… very few cases involve strangers," said Pooja Taparia, founder of Arpan, an NGO that works with affected children.
Therefore, apart from spending quality time with children, parents and schools need to provide sex education to children and empower them to talk about possible abuse.
"Pedophiles target children who are easily accessible (For e.g. [the pedophile could be] a close relative, watchman, guard or school conductor)," said Aarti Rajaratnam, a psychologist from Chennai. "Children who are emotionally vulnerable and needy, whose parents are out for long hours and do not spend quality time with them are most likely to be swayed by pedophiles."
Police, judiciary and hospitals lack sensitivity in dealing with abused children
"Show me the undergarment you were wearing before being raped." This was the demand that a policeman made of a 12-year-old girl in a Jashpur (Chhattisgarh) police station in June this year.
The case was narrated by the BBA's Senger, who has worked with police of several states. He said police frequently threaten or intimidate child victims of sexual abuse, pressuring them to retract statements; in some cases, they try to broker a "compromise" between rapist and victim.
The conviction rates for rape cases, cases under POCSO and assault on women (girl child) with intent to "outrage her modesty" under Section 354 IPC in 2014 were 31.1%, 24% and 29.3% respectively (of cases whose trials have been completed), according to the NCRB.
Data tabled in the parliament reveal 6,816 FIRs (till October 2014) filed under the POCSO Act, with 166 convictions, a rate of no more than 2.4%.
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POCSO conviction rate​

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]No. of FIRs registered
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]No. of cases in which charge-sheets filed
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]No. of cases in which accused convicted
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]No. of cases in which accused acquitted
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6816
[/TD]
[TD]5340
[/TD]
[TD]166
[/TD]
[TD]389
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[TABLE="width: 510"]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]2014
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]No. of cases in which trials completed
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]No. of convictions
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]%age of conviction
[/TD]
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[TD]POSCO
[/TD]
[TD]406
[/TD]
[TD]100
[/TD]
[TD]24.6
[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]Rape
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]5527
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]1717
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]31.1
[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]Assault on women (girls) with intent to outrage her modesty
[/TD]
[TD]1404
[/TD]
[TD]412
[/TD]
[TD]29.3
[/TD]
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Source: Lok Sabha; Note: It is possible that cases under IPC 376, IPC 354 and POCSO overlap. For instance, in a single rape case, the police might use either IPC 376 or IPC 376+ POCSO or just POCSO. It depends on the discretion of the investigating officer and other factors.
The data might be unclear, but those who deal with abused children make it clear that insensitivity and the unhelpful attitude of police, lawyers and untrained hospital staff makes prosecution and conviction difficult.
"There is absolutely no sensitivity amongst policemen to handle cases of child abuse. POCSO as a law is quite good but it needs to be implemented effectively as well," said Sen, the Delhi psychiatrist.
In several court trials, said Chennai's Rajaratnam, she has witnessed defence lawyers making the process so "unpleasant and humiliating for the children that their trauma increases". Often, parents decide it is better to drop out of the case than traumatise a child further.
D'Mello of Majlis Law believes the only way forward is to work within the system. She explained how Majlis, for years, has provided the Mumbai police training and sensitisation, created standard operating procedures to handle sexual-assault cases, made officers aware of POCSO Act provisions, and helped when they recorded victims' statements.
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Pendency In Court Cases For Rapes​

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[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 101, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]Year
[/TD]
[TD="width: 185, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]No. of cases for trial including pending cases from previous year
[/TD]
[TD="width: 104, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]Pendency at end of year
[/TD]
[TD="width: 94, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]Percentage pendency
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2010
[/TD]
[TD]17187
[/TD]
[TD]20594
[/TD]
[TD]83%
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]2011
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]19394
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]23181
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]84%
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2012
[/TD]
[TD]22812
[/TD]
[TD]26972
[/TD]
[TD]85%
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]2013
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]28171
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]33328
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]85%
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2014
[/TD]
[TD]31976
[/TD]
[TD]37519
[/TD]
[TD]85%
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Source: NCRB
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[TD="bgcolor: #FFFF66, colspan: 3"]

POCSO And Outraging Modesty Cases​

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 102, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]Specific act
[/TD]
[TD="width: 285, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]Total no. of cases for trial including pending cases from previous year
[/TD]
[TD="width: 103, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]Pendency at end of year
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]POCSO
[/TD]
[TD]8379
[/TD]
[TD]7970
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]IPC 354 outraging modesty
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]13162
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]11607
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Source: NCRB
It is clear there is much to do. In 2014, 85% of child-rape cases-registered over five years-were pending, as were 95% of POCSO cases and 88% of cases for "outraging modesty", according to the NCRB.
Bringing support systems together-the lesson from Bangalore
It's not just the police and the justice system, hospitals too are not equipped to handle sexual-abuse cases against children. The issues include a lack of privacy for victims and trained staff.
"Another problem is that every stakeholder likes to blame the other stakeholder," said the Enfold Trust's Saldanha. "Police blame the hospital. Hospital blames the police and so on," she said. "Therefore, it is important to bring all stakeholders together, which is why we started Collaborative Child Response Units (CCRU)."
In 2011, Enfold helped set up CCRUs in hospitals, the first such units in India-aimed at providing child victims with proper treatment and social and legal support. A collaboration between Enfold, the government of Karnataka and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), there are now CCRUs in three leading Bangalore hospitals.
These centres also link and train counsellors, medical practitioners, social workers, the judiciary, legal workers, NGOs and the police-with the well-being of the abused child in mind.
Hospitals are clearly a vital link in the chain. "It is necessary to train doctors to handle sexual assault cases as well as document case details," said Shailesh Mohite, Head, Forensic Department at Nair Hospital, Mumbai. "Since their testimony matters a lot, they must be trained to handle cross examination at court."
Social media can endanger children
The exploding growth of social media has increased awareness about child-abuse issues, but it is also endangering the safety of children.
Experts said that exposure to the Internet occurs earlier than ever, and it is important that parents are careful about sharing pictures and details of their children online.
Recently, a series of stories on The News Minute, a new portal, explored how online pictures on Facebook were being used by pedophiles.
"This should be a wake-up call for all of us as parents," said Vidya Reddy of Chennai-based NGO, Tulir-Centre for the Prevention and Healing of Child Sexual Abuse. "There are people interested in our children sexually. Social media are only a reflection of society."
Shakthi V, a popular blogger and writer, has written a post on how parents should guide their children in accessing the internet.
"I know children who fake their age to get on Facebook, there are some who create profiles on all social sites faking their ages," he writes. "This is just one group of kids. There are others who get on to dating sites and get into all sorts of messy things there. The overall conclusion is that kids and the internet are a potent combination that goes very bad."
(Saha is a freelance journalist based in New Delhi.)


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[h=1]India: Man has Sex with Injured Cow Using Coconut Oil as Lubricant[/h][h=2]Medical examination by veterinary doctors confirm rape.[/h]

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Indian man rapes an injured cow using coconut oil as lubricant - (Blue Cross of India)
An Indian man has been arrested for having sex with an injured cow using coconut oil as lubricant, IBTimes UK understands.
Muthu, aged between 50 and 55, was seen with the animal, which was lying injured on a railway track in southern India. The incident took place in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Speaking to IBTimes UK, local police officer Jayavelu confirmed Muthu, who goes by only one name, has been arrested under the unnatural sexual offence act.
Muthu has confessed to the crime and is in police custody.
The episode was seen by representatives of Blue Cross of India (BCI), an NGO working for animal welfare.
Officials at the BCI received a complaint about the injured mammal and approached the scene. Its volunteers were initially confused when they saw Muthu alongside the cow.
Dawn Williams of the BCI told IBTimes UK: "We were initially unsure of what the man was doing to the cow. When we went further and took a closer look, we realised this man was inserting his penis into cow's vagina. There was a bottle of coconut oil kept beside him, which he used as a lubricant."
Williams said the offender attempted to flee the scene and was apprehended by the volunteers. Later, Muthu is said to have asked to be pardoned for the act.
The cow was sent for medical examination and the veterinary hospital has confirmed the animal had been abused. The animal later died in the hospital due to injuries caused in the accident.
The cow is generally considered holy in India and is worshipped in several parts of the country.


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[h=1]A ‘Rape Map’ of India[/h]

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A graphic showing the number of rape cases in India in 2011. The Wall Street Journal

 

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india :In five years, child rapes soar 151%

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Last Updated: Mon, Aug 24, 2015 11:02 hrs

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In 2014, a spate of child-sexual-abuse cases in Bangalore gained much attention: A six-year-old girl raped by her 37-year-old teacher, a four-year-old girl sexually assaulted by unidentified persons and an eight-year-old girl raped by her 63-year-old teacher, to mention a few.
Splashed in the media and fiercely debated, these cases were only the public manifestation of what is increasingly acknowledged as a largely private crime, with unknown numbers not reported or registered in official statistics.

Yet, the number of registered child rapes rose 151% from 5,484 in 2009 to 13,766 in 2014, according to the National Crime Records Bureau.
In addition, 8,904 cases were registered nationwide under the Prevention of Sexual Offences Against Children (POCSO) Act and 11,335 under the category "assault on women (girl child) with intent to outrage her modesty under Section 354 IPC (which includes stalking, voyeurism, use of criminal force with an intent to disrobe, etc)", according to the NCRB.
NCRB has started collecting POCSO-specific data only from 2014 onwards only. A simple explanation of the POSCO Act is given here the new law makes it mandatory to report all cases of child sexual abuse.
Madhya Pradesh tops the list in child rapes, followed by Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh (UP).
Source: NCRB
Source: NCRB
There are two major reasons for rising rapes against children over the past four years: First, a rise in reporting; and second, new criminal laws, experts told IndiaSpend.
"Reporting of child abuse and rape cases have increased due to the lowering of the stigma attached, but incidence has also increased, definitely," said Amit Sen, a child and adolescent psychiatrist from Delhi.
The rise of social media has created awareness about child abuse, said Sonali Gupta, a clinical psychologist from Mumbai. "Furthermore, many instances of celebrities opening up about being abused in their childhood (for instance, the actor Kalki Koechin) have also motivated many parents to report abuse," she said.
Simultaneously, the introduction of POCSO in 2012 and the Criminal Law (Amendment) Actin 2013 was instrumental in higher reporting of rape against children-although sexually active teenagers now run the risk of consensual intercourse being classified as rape.
The new definitions of rape
"The definition of rape… now includes many more sexual actions than were earlier classified as sexual assault," said Ved Kumari, a professor at Delhi University's Faculty of Law. She explained how POSCO has raised the age of consent for girls from 16 to 18 years. This means boys who have consensual sex can be charged with rape.
Before the new laws, only "peno-vaginal assault" was considered rape with an excessive emphasis on torn hymens (which continues), according to Shaibya Saldanha, co-founder of Bangalore's Enfold Trust, an advocacy that focuses on child sexual abuse.
"But now, injuries to vagina and other parts are considered as evidence," said Saldanha. "For boys, it was even more difficult as only serious anal injuries would be considered as evidence. POCSO states that a child's testimony and circumstantial evidence will be of paramount importance."
As a consequence, there has been "a huge increase" in child-sexual-abuse cases after the POSCO Act of 2012, said Audrey D'Mello, Project Director at Mumbai's Majlis Law, a legal advocacy.
Source: NCRB
UP tops the list in POCSO cases, accounting for 40% of the total cases, followed by West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.
However, little has changed in rural areas, which are largely untouched by media pressure, political interest and the NGOs who help in registering cases.
"In rural areas, police are extremely reluctant to file a FIR," said Rakesh Senger, Project Director–Campaigns and Victim Assistance, Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), or Save Childhood Movement, an NGO. "Only extreme cases such as a gang rape or a multiple rapes by a single person are accorded some importance."
Most abuse is by people close or known to children
It is known that about nine of 10 rapes and sexual assaults are carried out by people known to the victim. That holds true in the case of children as well.
As many as 86% of all rapes in 2014 were committed by a person known to the victim, according to the NCRB.
RAHAT is a program by Majlis Law to provide socio-legal support to survivors of sexual assault, so that survivors are not traumatised in the course of investigation and prosecution. This is what they found during a study of 644 cases they handled in Mumbai:
51% of the victims were between 11 years and 18 years old
91% of rapes were committed by known persons and involved long-term abuse
46% of family rapes were by fathers
"We all talk about installing CCTVs and making public spaces, but children are being abused more by known people including family members, therefore, the discourse needs to focus in the right direction," said D'Mello of Majlis Law.
"In most of the cases that come to us… very few cases involve strangers," said Pooja Taparia, founder of Arpan, an NGO that works with affected children.
Therefore, apart from spending quality time with children, parents and schools need to provide sex education to children and empower them to talk about possible abuse.
"Pedophiles target children who are easily accessible (For e.g. [the pedophile could be] a close relative, watchman, guard or school conductor)," said Aarti Rajaratnam, a psychologist from Chennai. "Children who are emotionally vulnerable and needy, whose parents are out for long hours and do not spend quality time with them are most likely to be swayed by pedophiles."
Police, judiciary and hospitals lack sensitivity in dealing with abused children
"Show me the undergarment you were wearing before being raped." This was the demand that a policeman made of a 12-year-old girl in a Jashpur (Chhattisgarh) police station in June this year.
The case was narrated by the BBA's Senger, who has worked with police of several states. He said police frequently threaten or intimidate child victims of sexual abuse, pressuring them to retract statements; in some cases, they try to broker a "compromise" between rapist and victim.
The conviction rates for rape cases, cases under POCSO and assault on women (girl child) with intent to "outrage her modesty" under Section 354 IPC in 2014 were 31.1%, 24% and 29.3% respectively (of cases whose trials have been completed), according to the NCRB.
Data tabled in the parliament reveal 6,816 FIRs (till October 2014) filed under the POCSO Act, with 166 convictions, a rate of no more than 2.4%.
[TABLE="class: cms_table, width: 510"]
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[TD="bgcolor: #FFFF66, colspan: 4"]

POCSO conviction rate​

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]No. of FIRs registered[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]No. of cases in which charge-sheets filed[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]No. of cases in which accused convicted[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]No. of cases in which accused acquitted[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6816[/TD]
[TD]5340[/TD]
[TD]166[/TD]
[TD]389[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

[TABLE="class: cms_table, width: 510"]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]2014[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]No. of cases in which trials completed[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]No. of convictions[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]%age of conviction[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]POSCO[/TD]
[TD]406[/TD]
[TD]100[/TD]
[TD]24.6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]Rape[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]5527[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]1717[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]31.1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Assault on women (girls) with intent to outrage her modesty[/TD]
[TD]1404[/TD]
[TD]412[/TD]
[TD]29.3[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

Source: Lok Sabha; Note: It is possible that cases under IPC 376, IPC 354 and POCSO overlap. For instance, in a single rape case, the police might use either IPC 376 or IPC 376+ POCSO or just POCSO. It depends on the discretion of the investigating officer and other factors.
The data might be unclear, but those who deal with abused children make it clear that insensitivity and the unhelpful attitude of police, lawyers and untrained hospital staff makes prosecution and conviction difficult.
"There is absolutely no sensitivity amongst policemen to handle cases of child abuse. POCSO as a law is quite good but it needs to be implemented effectively as well," said Sen, the Delhi psychiatrist.
In several court trials, said Chennai's Rajaratnam, she has witnessed defence lawyers making the process so "unpleasant and humiliating for the children that their trauma increases". Often, parents decide it is better to drop out of the case than traumatise a child further.
D'Mello of Majlis Law believes the only way forward is to work within the system. She explained how Majlis, for years, has provided the Mumbai police training and sensitisation, created standard operating procedures to handle sexual-assault cases, made officers aware of POCSO Act provisions, and helped when they recorded victims' statements.
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[TD="bgcolor: #FFFF66, colspan: 4"]

Pendency In Court Cases For Rapes​

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 101, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]Year[/TD]
[TD="width: 185, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]No. of cases for trial including pending cases from previous year[/TD]
[TD="width: 104, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]Pendency at end of year[/TD]
[TD="width: 94, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]Percentage pendency[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2010[/TD]
[TD]17187[/TD]
[TD]20594[/TD]
[TD]83%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]2011[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]19394[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]23181[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]84%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2012[/TD]
[TD]22812[/TD]
[TD]26972[/TD]
[TD]85%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]2013[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]28171[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]33328[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]85%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2014[/TD]
[TD]31976[/TD]
[TD]37519[/TD]
[TD]85%[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

Source: NCRB
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[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFF66, colspan: 3"]

POCSO And Outraging Modesty Cases​

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 102, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]Specific act[/TD]
[TD="width: 285, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]Total no. of cases for trial including pending cases from previous year[/TD]
[TD="width: 103, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]Pendency at end of year[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]POCSO[/TD]
[TD]8379[/TD]
[TD]7970[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]IPC 354 outraging modesty[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]13162[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]11607[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

Source: NCRB
It is clear there is much to do. In 2014, 85% of child-rape cases-registered over five years-were pending, as were 95% of POCSO cases and 88% of cases for "outraging modesty", according to the NCRB.
Bringing support systems together-the lesson from Bangalore
It's not just the police and the justice system, hospitals too are not equipped to handle sexual-abuse cases against children. The issues include a lack of privacy for victims and trained staff.
"Another problem is that every stakeholder likes to blame the other stakeholder," said the Enfold Trust's Saldanha. "Police blame the hospital. Hospital blames the police and so on," she said. "Therefore, it is important to bring all stakeholders together, which is why we started Collaborative Child Response Units (CCRU)."
In 2011, Enfold helped set up CCRUs in hospitals, the first such units in India-aimed at providing child victims with proper treatment and social and legal support. A collaboration between Enfold, the government of Karnataka and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), there are now CCRUs in three leading Bangalore hospitals.
These centres also link and train counsellors, medical practitioners, social workers, the judiciary, legal workers, NGOs and the police-with the well-being of the abused child in mind.
Hospitals are clearly a vital link in the chain. "It is necessary to train doctors to handle sexual assault cases as well as document case details," said Shailesh Mohite, Head, Forensic Department at Nair Hospital, Mumbai. "Since their testimony matters a lot, they must be trained to handle cross examination at court."
Social media can endanger children
The exploding growth of social media has increased awareness about child-abuse issues, but it is also endangering the safety of children.
Experts said that exposure to the Internet occurs earlier than ever, and it is important that parents are careful about sharing pictures and details of their children online.
Recently, a series of stories on The News Minute, a new portal, explored how online pictures on Facebook were being used by pedophiles.
"This should be a wake-up call for all of us as parents," said Vidya Reddy of Chennai-based NGO, Tulir-Centre for the Prevention and Healing of Child Sexual Abuse. "There are people interested in our children sexually. Social media are only a reflection of society."
Shakthi V, a popular blogger and writer, has written a post on how parents should guide their children in accessing the internet.
"I know children who fake their age to get on Facebook, there are some who create profiles on all social sites faking their ages," he writes. "This is just one group of kids. There are others who get on to dating sites and get into all sorts of messy things there. The overall conclusion is that kids and the internet are a potent combination that goes very bad."
(Saha is a freelance journalist based in New Delhi.)


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Rates of Sexual Abuse of India’s Children Shockingly High

by Deepali Gaur Singh, RH Reality Check, Asia
October 12, 2009 - 6:00 am






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The Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire is one of several movies based on the day-to-day struggle for survival of abandoned children and young adults living on the streets of a bustling, uncaring metropolis. At a particularly disturbing portion of the film, the two male child protagonists manage to jump onto a train escaping the chasing mafia and leave behind the female protagonist Latika. One simple exchange at the juncture sums up what her life is going to be henceforth.
Sex trafficking is a far more lucrative industry than begging for girls, which is what will "save" Latika from being blinded, the film suggests. Despite a few films, some books, more studies and innumerable news reports on the controversial and shrouded issue of incest and child abuse, it is only the devastating statistics that tell the true horror of what children in India face on a daily basis. With sex trafficking being a profitable business, sexual abuse in the country is as rampant among boys as it is among girls.
With over 35 million homeless children, and shelters, for only 36,000 of these children, life can be precariously balanced. In Delhi alone, nearly half a million children live on the streets. And against the background of these statistics, the equally disturbing rape cases by teachers at a welfare home in northern India over several months just expose the weaknesses in the system, and the critical need for stronger measures protecting children.
Cases like that of Josef Fritzl in Austria generate shock and horror even as they shatter myths of the home as a safe and secure environment for children.
Recent reports of "The Josef Fritzl of India" were enough to shake audiences across the country when the media exposed the story of a father raping his 12 year old daughter for nine years hit every news channel.
Black magic and greed propelled the horrendous exploitation of his own daughter not just by the tantric (black magic practitioner) father, but in complicity with the mother in the superstitious hope of it bringing them huge wealth. Needless to say that the girl’s nine year long silence created enough space to question her "morals" even as short-lived rumors of her alleged illicit relationship with the tantric, which the parents apparently denied, did a few rounds. One not insignificant part of the story appears to be that only when her younger sister was being made to endure the same ordeal did she expose her parents. But was she truly the Josef Fritzl of India or a media-created headline who happened to be located in the financial capital of the country? How else can one explain the statistics of more than 53 percent of Indian children facing one or more forms of sexual abuse, of which 50 percent is perpetrated by people they know?
Most cases of sexually abused children go unreported, and there is no clear law on the subject except the Goa Children’s Act, which clearly states that child sexual abuse is a widespread problem in India. The enormity of the statistics and the diversity of the incidents disband several myths; that it is a cultural, social or class-specific issue, that not only girls are victimized and that even the safe environments of the home are always safe. What complicates the situation further is the issue of missing children, which again in the face of more serious crimes. A grossly understaffed and overstretched police force are reduced to mere statistics for an annual crime record. It is believed that only 10 percent of the missing cases are registered with police. According to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) every year 7,058 children are reported missing in the national capital region of Delhi accounting for 6.7 percent of the country’s missing children, and earning it the dubious distinction of coming second only to the eastern city of Kolkata. A majority of these children are girls from marginalized communities between 12-19 years of age. With only a small percentage of these missing children recovered every year, it indicates the human trafficking nexus located around the sex and organ trade.
The UN Convention on the Rights of Child, 1989 was ratified by India in 1992. The Women and Child Development (WCD) Ministry has been asked by the Home Ministry to draft a separate law for Indian children to protect their rights along the lines of the Domestic Violence Act for women. Apart from physical abuse, checking sexual abuse and assault of children, as mentioned under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, is also an integral part of the proposed law. The more defined the law incorporates every kind of contact with a child with sexual intent as punishable.
Recently, there have been calls from various quarters asking political parties to make child rights an integral part of their election manifestoes. Some of the demands included amendments in the Indian Constitution to specifically recognize child rights, and a review of the National Policy for Children to cover a plethora of issues like the amendment of the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act by redefining trafficking to include trafficking for child labour, organ transplantation, child pornography, pedophilia, child sexual abuse and even religion-sanctioned practices, it paves the way for an integrated Child Protection Act.
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A graphic showing the number of rape cases in India in 2011. The Wall Street Journal
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india :In five years, child rapes soar 151%

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In 2014, a spate of child-sexual-abuse cases in Bangalore gained much attention: A six-year-old girl raped by her 37-year-old teacher, a four-year-old girl sexually assaulted by unidentified persons and an eight-year-old girl raped by her 63-year-old teacher, to mention a few.
Splashed in the media and fiercely debated, these cases were only the public manifestation of what is increasingly acknowledged as a largely private crime, with unknown numbers not reported or registered in official statistics.

Yet, the number of registered child rapes rose 151% from 5,484 in 2009 to 13,766 in 2014, according to the National Crime Records Bureau.
In addition, 8,904 cases were registered nationwide under the Prevention of Sexual Offences Against Children (POCSO) Act and 11,335 under the category "assault on women (girl child) with intent to outrage her modesty under Section 354 IPC (which includes stalking, voyeurism, use of criminal force with an intent to disrobe, etc)", according to the NCRB.
NCRB has started collecting POCSO-specific data only from 2014 onwards only. A simple explanation of the POSCO Act is given here the new law makes it mandatory to report all cases of child sexual abuse.
Madhya Pradesh tops the list in child rapes, followed by Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh (UP).
Source: NCRB
Source: NCRB
There are two major reasons for rising rapes against children over the past four years: First, a rise in reporting; and second, new criminal laws, experts told IndiaSpend.
"Reporting of child abuse and rape cases have increased due to the lowering of the stigma attached, but incidence has also increased, definitely," said Amit Sen, a child and adolescent psychiatrist from Delhi.
The rise of social media has created awareness about child abuse, said Sonali Gupta, a clinical psychologist from Mumbai. "Furthermore, many instances of celebrities opening up about being abused in their childhood (for instance, the actor Kalki Koechin) have also motivated many parents to report abuse," she said.
Simultaneously, the introduction of POCSO in 2012 and the Criminal Law (Amendment) Actin 2013 was instrumental in higher reporting of rape against children-although sexually active teenagers now run the risk of consensual intercourse being classified as rape.
The new definitions of rape
"The definition of rape… now includes many more sexual actions than were earlier classified as sexual assault," said Ved Kumari, a professor at Delhi University's Faculty of Law. She explained how POSCO has raised the age of consent for girls from 16 to 18 years. This means boys who have consensual sex can be charged with rape.
Before the new laws, only "peno-vaginal assault" was considered rape with an excessive emphasis on torn hymens (which continues), according to Shaibya Saldanha, co-founder of Bangalore's Enfold Trust, an advocacy that focuses on child sexual abuse.
"But now, injuries to vagina and other parts are considered as evidence," said Saldanha. "For boys, it was even more difficult as only serious anal injuries would be considered as evidence. POCSO states that a child's testimony and circumstantial evidence will be of paramount importance."
As a consequence, there has been "a huge increase" in child-sexual-abuse cases after the POSCO Act of 2012, said Audrey D'Mello, Project Director at Mumbai's Majlis Law, a legal advocacy.
Source: NCRB
UP tops the list in POCSO cases, accounting for 40% of the total cases, followed by West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.
However, little has changed in rural areas, which are largely untouched by media pressure, political interest and the NGOs who help in registering cases.
"In rural areas, police are extremely reluctant to file a FIR," said Rakesh Senger, Project Director–Campaigns and Victim Assistance, Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), or Save Childhood Movement, an NGO. "Only extreme cases such as a gang rape or a multiple rapes by a single person are accorded some importance."
Most abuse is by people close or known to children
It is known that about nine of 10 rapes and sexual assaults are carried out by people known to the victim. That holds true in the case of children as well.
As many as 86% of all rapes in 2014 were committed by a person known to the victim, according to the NCRB.
RAHAT is a program by Majlis Law to provide socio-legal support to survivors of sexual assault, so that survivors are not traumatised in the course of investigation and prosecution. This is what they found during a study of 644 cases they handled in Mumbai:
51% of the victims were between 11 years and 18 years old
91% of rapes were committed by known persons and involved long-term abuse
46% of family rapes were by fathers
"We all talk about installing CCTVs and making public spaces, but children are being abused more by known people including family members, therefore, the discourse needs to focus in the right direction," said D'Mello of Majlis Law.
"In most of the cases that come to us… very few cases involve strangers," said Pooja Taparia, founder of Arpan, an NGO that works with affected children.
Therefore, apart from spending quality time with children, parents and schools need to provide sex education to children and empower them to talk about possible abuse.
"Pedophiles target children who are easily accessible (For e.g. [the pedophile could be] a close relative, watchman, guard or school conductor)," said Aarti Rajaratnam, a psychologist from Chennai. "Children who are emotionally vulnerable and needy, whose parents are out for long hours and do not spend quality time with them are most likely to be swayed by pedophiles."
Police, judiciary and hospitals lack sensitivity in dealing with abused children
"Show me the undergarment you were wearing before being raped." This was the demand that a policeman made of a 12-year-old girl in a Jashpur (Chhattisgarh) police station in June this year.
The case was narrated by the BBA's Senger, who has worked with police of several states. He said police frequently threaten or intimidate child victims of sexual abuse, pressuring them to retract statements; in some cases, they try to broker a "compromise" between rapist and victim.
The conviction rates for rape cases, cases under POCSO and assault on women (girl child) with intent to "outrage her modesty" under Section 354 IPC in 2014 were 31.1%, 24% and 29.3% respectively (of cases whose trials have been completed), according to the NCRB.
Data tabled in the parliament reveal 6,816 FIRs (till October 2014) filed under the POCSO Act, with 166 convictions, a rate of no more than 2.4%.
[TABLE="class: cms_table_cms_table, width: 510"]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFF66, colspan: 4"]

POCSO conviction rate​

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]No. of FIRs registered[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]No. of cases in which charge-sheets filed[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]No. of cases in which accused convicted[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]No. of cases in which accused acquitted[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6816[/TD]
[TD]5340[/TD]
[TD]166[/TD]
[TD]389[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]


[TABLE="class: cms_table_cms_table, width: 510"]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]2014[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]No. of cases in which trials completed[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]No. of convictions[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]%age of conviction[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]POSCO[/TD]
[TD]406[/TD]
[TD]100[/TD]
[TD]24.6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]Rape[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]5527[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]1717[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]31.1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Assault on women (girls) with intent to outrage her modesty[/TD]
[TD]1404[/TD]
[TD]412[/TD]
[TD]29.3[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]


Source: Lok Sabha; Note: It is possible that cases under IPC 376, IPC 354 and POCSO overlap. For instance, in a single rape case, the police might use either IPC 376 or IPC 376+ POCSO or just POCSO. It depends on the discretion of the investigating officer and other factors.
The data might be unclear, but those who deal with abused children make it clear that insensitivity and the unhelpful attitude of police, lawyers and untrained hospital staff makes prosecution and conviction difficult.
"There is absolutely no sensitivity amongst policemen to handle cases of child abuse. POCSO as a law is quite good but it needs to be implemented effectively as well," said Sen, the Delhi psychiatrist.
In several court trials, said Chennai's Rajaratnam, she has witnessed defence lawyers making the process so "unpleasant and humiliating for the children that their trauma increases". Often, parents decide it is better to drop out of the case than traumatise a child further.
D'Mello of Majlis Law believes the only way forward is to work within the system. She explained how Majlis, for years, has provided the Mumbai police training and sensitisation, created standard operating procedures to handle sexual-assault cases, made officers aware of POCSO Act provisions, and helped when they recorded victims' statements.
[TABLE="class: cms_table_cms_table, width: 510"]
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[TD="bgcolor: #FFFF66, colspan: 4"]

Pendency In Court Cases For Rapes​

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 101, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]Year[/TD]
[TD="width: 185, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]No. of cases for trial including pending cases from previous year[/TD]
[TD="width: 104, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]Pendency at end of year[/TD]
[TD="width: 94, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]Percentage pendency[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2010[/TD]
[TD]17187[/TD]
[TD]20594[/TD]
[TD]83%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]2011[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]19394[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]23181[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]84%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2012[/TD]
[TD]22812[/TD]
[TD]26972[/TD]
[TD]85%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]2013[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]28171[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]33328[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]85%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2014[/TD]
[TD]31976[/TD]
[TD]37519[/TD]
[TD]85%[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]


Source: NCRB
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[TD="bgcolor: #FFFF66, colspan: 3"]

POCSO And Outraging Modesty Cases​

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 102, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]Specific act[/TD]
[TD="width: 285, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]Total no. of cases for trial including pending cases from previous year[/TD]
[TD="width: 103, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]Pendency at end of year[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]POCSO[/TD]
[TD]8379[/TD]
[TD]7970[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]IPC 354 outraging modesty[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]13162[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC"]11607[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]


Source: NCRB
It is clear there is much to do. In 2014, 85% of child-rape cases-registered over five years-were pending, as were 95% of POCSO cases and 88% of cases for "outraging modesty", according to the NCRB.
Bringing support systems together-the lesson from Bangalore
It's not just the police and the justice system, hospitals too are not equipped to handle sexual-abuse cases against children. The issues include a lack of privacy for victims and trained staff.
"Another problem is that every stakeholder likes to blame the other stakeholder," said the Enfold Trust's Saldanha. "Police blame the hospital. Hospital blames the police and so on," she said. "Therefore, it is important to bring all stakeholders together, which is why we started Collaborative Child Response Units (CCRU)."
In 2011, Enfold helped set up CCRUs in hospitals, the first such units in India-aimed at providing child victims with proper treatment and social and legal support. A collaboration between Enfold, the government of Karnataka and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), there are now CCRUs in three leading Bangalore hospitals.
These centres also link and train counsellors, medical practitioners, social workers, the judiciary, legal workers, NGOs and the police-with the well-being of the abused child in mind.
Hospitals are clearly a vital link in the chain. "It is necessary to train doctors to handle sexual assault cases as well as document case details," said Shailesh Mohite, Head, Forensic Department at Nair Hospital, Mumbai. "Since their testimony matters a lot, they must be trained to handle cross examination at court."
Social media can endanger children
The exploding growth of social media has increased awareness about child-abuse issues, but it is also endangering the safety of children.
Experts said that exposure to the Internet occurs earlier than ever, and it is important that parents are careful about sharing pictures and details of their children online.
Recently, a series of stories on The News Minute, a new portal, explored how online pictures on Facebook were being used by pedophiles.
"This should be a wake-up call for all of us as parents," said Vidya Reddy of Chennai-based NGO, Tulir-Centre for the Prevention and Healing of Child Sexual Abuse. "There are people interested in our children sexually. Social media are only a reflection of society."
Shakthi V, a popular blogger and writer, has written a post on how parents should guide their children in accessing the internet.
"I know children who fake their age to get on Facebook, there are some who create profiles on all social sites faking their ages," he writes. "This is just one group of kids. There are others who get on to dating sites and get into all sorts of messy things there. The overall conclusion is that kids and the internet are a potent combination that goes very bad."
(Saha is a freelance journalist based in New Delhi.)


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DUBAI: A Dubai court on Wednesday sentenced two Pakistani men to jail for raping an Indian man after serving him food spiked with liquor.
The Pakistani workers, identified only by their initials; S N and M S, raped the 20-year-old Indian man in September last year.
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“S N served me refreshments that were spiked with liquor. I blacked out after I consumed it,” the victim told the court.
“Then the accused raped me one at a time. They also assaulted me and pushed me into the washroom and sprayed hot water all over my body,” he said, adding that another worker helped him get to his accommodation and then reported the matter to the police.
Related: Indian police make first arrest in nun’s rape
The defendants pleaded not guilty and said they had consensual sex with the man.

 

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DUBAI: A Dubai court on Wednesday sentenced two Pakistani men to jail for raping an Indian man after serving him food spiked with liquor.
The Pakistani workers, identified only by their initials; S N and M S, raped the 20-year-old Indian man in September last year.
Related: Heinous crime: Man blackmails girl with rape video
“S N served me refreshments that were spiked with liquor. I blacked out after I consumed it,” the victim told the court.
“Then the accused raped me one at a time. They also assaulted me and pushed me into the washroom and sprayed hot water all over my body,” he said, adding that another worker helped him get to his accommodation and then reported the matter to the police.
Related: Indian police make first arrest in nun’s rape
The defendants pleaded not guilty and said they had consensual sex with the man​

 

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DUBAI: A Dubai court on Wednesday sentenced two Pakistani men to jail for raping an Indian man after serving him food spiked with liquor.
The Pakistani workers, identified only by their initials; S N and M S, raped the 20-year-old Indian man in September last year.
Related: Heinous crime: Man blackmails girl with rape video
“S N served me refreshments that were spiked with liquor. I blacked out after I consumed it,” the victim told the court.
“Then the accused raped me one at a time. They also assaulted me and pushed me into the washroom and sprayed hot water all over my body,” he said, adding that another worker helped him get to his accommodation and then reported the matter to the police.
Related: Indian police make first arrest in nun’s rape
The defendants pleaded not guilty and said they had consensual sex with the man

 

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Last Updated: Mon, Aug 24, 2015 11:02 hrs

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In 2014, a spate of child-sexual-abuse cases in Bangalore gained much attention: A six-year-old girl raped by her 37-year-old teacher, a four-year-old girl sexually assaulted by unidentified persons and an eight-year-old girl raped by her 63-year-old teacher, to mention a few.
Splashed in the media and fiercely debated, these cases were only the public manifestation of what is increasingly acknowledged as a largely private crime, with unknown numbers not reported or registered in official statistics.

Yet, the number of registered child rapes rose 151% from 5,484 in 2009 to 13,766 in 2014, according to the National Crime Records Bureau.
In addition, 8,904 cases were registered nationwide under the Prevention of Sexual Offences Against Children (POCSO) Act and 11,335 under the category "assault on women (girl child) with intent to outrage her modesty under Section 354 IPC (which includes stalking, voyeurism, use of criminal force with an intent to disrobe, etc)", according to the NCRB.
NCRB has started collecting POCSO-specific data only from 2014 onwards only. A simple explanation of the POSCO Act is given here the new law makes it mandatory to report all cases of child sexual abuse.
Madhya Pradesh tops the list in child rapes, followed by Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh (UP).
Source: NCRB
Source: NCRB
There are two major reasons for rising rapes against children over the past four years: First, a rise in reporting; and second, new criminal laws, experts told IndiaSpend.
"Reporting of child abuse and rape cases have increased due to the lowering of the stigma attached, but incidence has also increased, definitely," said Amit Sen, a child and adolescent psychiatrist from Delhi.
The rise of social media has created awareness about child abuse, said Sonali Gupta, a clinical psychologist from Mumbai. "Furthermore, many instances of celebrities opening up about being abused in their childhood (for instance, the actor Kalki Koechin) have also motivated many parents to report abuse," she said.
Simultaneously, the introduction of POCSO in 2012 and the Criminal Law (Amendment) Actin 2013 was instrumental in higher reporting of rape against children-although sexually active teenagers now run the risk of consensual intercourse being classified as rape.
The new definitions of rape
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