POCSO Special Court-II starts functioning in Mysuru

The second POCSO Special Court being inaugurated on the Mysuru district court premises on Wednesday.

To expedite the disposal of cases pertaining to sexual offences against children, the Mysuru District Judiciary has started a second POCSO Special Court on the District Court premises in city.

The POCSO Special Court-Additional District and Session Court FTSC-II started functioning on Wednesday. It aims to dispose of 267 cases of the nearly 600 pending cases in the district. The remaining cases has been handled by the Additional District and Sessions Court FTSC-I.

19 police stations will come under the jurisdiction of this newly inaugurated Special Court.

In POCSO cases, evidence has to be recorded within 2 months after the registration of the case. POCSO cases must be disposed of within 12 months. Given the large number of pending cases in Mysuru district, it has become difficult to comply the deadline prescribed under the POCSO Act.

“FTSC-II POCSO Special Court has been started in the city to speed up the case disposal process,” said Anand P. Hogade, Additional District Judge, FTSC-I POCSO Court-I while highlighting that court had disposed of the case relating to the rape and murder of a minor girl who was selling balloons during Dasara-2025 in a year.

To expedite the disposal of pending cases, Special Court aims to dispose an average 30 cases a day.

Cases have been classified into child marriage, elopement and other genuine POCSO offences, said Nagaraj S. Ankasadoddi, Senior Civil Judge, member secretary, DLSA.

FTSC-II POCSO Special Court was inaugurated by B. Jayantha Kumar, Principal District and Session Judge, Mysuru. B.K. Ravikantha, Presiding Officer, POCSO Special Court-II, all the judicial officers of Mysuru city and members of bar association were present.

Newly started POCSO Special Court aims to expedite the trial process, reduce the pending cases and strengthen the public faith in judiciary, said a press statement here.