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Detailed Analysis of POCSO Act, 2012

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This Legislation operates on the basic premise of “guilty until proven innocent” , instead of the ubiquitous principle of “innocent until proven guilty,” and therefore to prevent the misuse of legal system, we have safeguards in place made for prevention of filing of fictitious allegations or misleading evidence with the purpose to cause harm.

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