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Calcutta High Court expresses concern over POCSO act conflating sexual abuse with consensual sex among adolescents

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The Calcutta High Court has expressed concern over the issues of sexual abuses and consensual sex among adults getting conflated in the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. A division bench of Justice Chitta Ranjan Das and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen also observed there is a need for compressive rights based on sexual education.