An NGO has approached the judicial magistrate first class court at Vasco seeking transfer of a case closed by police in 2006, regarding

the alleged rape of a minor girl, to the children’s court after the victim recently tested positive for HIV.

In its appeal, the NGO, Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) – India, has stated that “if this case is not transferred to the children’s court, then the whole intent and principals of the children’s court shall be diminished, thereby causing violation to the rights of the victim”.