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Crime
Delhi HC Orders Family Welfare Society to File POCSO Report Within 4 Weeks
✍️ indiagazette.com
🗓 10 Aug 2026, 04:38 PM
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The Delhi High Court has directed the Family Welfare Society to submit a detailed report on a POCSO case within four weeks, with a supplementary chargesheet to be filed thereafter.
The Delhi High Court has issued an order requiring the Family Welfare Society to submit a comprehensive report on a POCSO case within a four‑week period.
The court instructed that the report should detail the investigation findings and any actions taken so far.
It also directed that a supplementary chargesheet be filed after the report is submitted, ensuring the case proceeds to the next stage.
The decision comes as part of the court’s effort to accelerate the processing of child‑sexual‑offence cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
The court instructed that the report should detail the investigation findings and any actions taken so far.
It also directed that a supplementary chargesheet be filed after the report is submitted, ensuring the case proceeds to the next stage.
The decision comes as part of the court’s effort to accelerate the processing of child‑sexual‑offence cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.