Director of NGO, SCAN Audrey Pinto said that since the past two or three months the three accused have been allegedly assaulting the minor girl with cable wires and also burned her placing a hot, flat steel frying pan on the girl’s thighs and back resulting in the burn injuries.
In a gruesome case of child abuse, a ten year old girl employed as a maid in a house at Porvorim was admitted to the Goa Medical College and Hospital with burn injuries on her thighs and back.
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The children’s court on Friday exonerated one Aslam Sheikh, charged for kidnapping and raping a minor girl in Margao, as the victim did not reveal the date and time of the sexual assault.
President of the court B P Deshpande observed that a victim who does not remember the time, date or month, even approximately, of the sexual assault, cannot be relied upon.
We at SCAN-India wounder what will be the next land mark judgement from Childrens Court of Goa. We feel now that we require a teacher at children’s court to teach the victim and prepare her to answer the date, time in detail as the chargesheet if the accused is on bail is filed after 1 year or more.
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