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said SP, along with the report of SDPO dated 07 February
2022, con- firmed that a charge sheet under POCSO Act
was filed in the court. The accused are in judicial custody.
A recommenda on for compensa on to the NoK of the
vic m was forwarded. The report of DC, Saheb Ganj,
Jharkhand, confirmed that the payment of monetary
compensa on of Rs. 10,00,000/- was paid to NoK/ father
of the vic m. The Commission closed the case on 12 July
2022.
4.) Tragic Acid A ack in Mathura, U ar Pradesh: One
Dead, Two Injured
"acid a ack vic m", and there was no men on of the
quantum of the acid a ack. Hence, even with only two per
cent injury, she was en tled to compensa on.
Pursuant to further direc ons from the Commission, SSP
Mathura, U ar Pradesh, had submi ed the report of CO
City, Mathura, along with enclosures, which had revealed
that the NoK of the deceased had been paid Rs. 10 lakh in
compensa on. Further compensa on of Rs. 3,00,000/had been sanc oned by the Department of Women and
Child Welfare in favour of the injured. With these direcons, the case was closed on 30 September 2022.
(Case No: 32558/24/52/2016)
The Commission received an in ma on on 22 August
2016, alleging that the accused persons had thrown acid
on the vic ms, two sisters, and their mother on 14 July
2016. The vic ms had sustained grievous injuries, and
despite the complaint, the police had not taken any ac on
against the accused persons. Moreover, the accused
persons had further threatened the complainant with the
same consequence.
In response to the Commission's direc ves, reports were
received from the relevant authori es. The report
received from the SP (Crime/Nodal Officer HR), District
Mathura, stated that a case was registered against the
accused person. The remaining accused had surrendered
before the court, and the charge sheet against them had
also been filed in court. The Commission, a er considering the material placed on record, had directed the SP
(Crime/Nodal Officer HR), District Mathura, to consider
the guidelines of the Supreme Court regarding compensaon in acid a ack cases provided in Laxmi's case (2015) 5
SCC 77 and to assist the NoK of the deceased in obtaining
compensa on from the District Legal Services Authority
under Sec on 357A of the Cr.PC within four weeks.
In response, the SSP (Crime/Nodal Officer HR), District
Mathura, had informed the Commission that a compensaon of Rs. 10 lakh had already been paid to the parents of
the deceased, and a sum of Rs. 3 lakh had also been
sanc oned. However, no compensa on could be granted
to one sister due to only two per cent acid a ack.
The Commission had considered the material placed on
record and had noted that, according to the Supreme
Court's direc ons, the minimum compensa on for a
vic m of acid a ack was Rs. 3 lakh. The term used was
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7.4 Rights of Children
7.4.1 Discrimina on and viola on of the rights of children
con nue to occur despite the cons tu onal
provisions in India for their protec on, survival,
development, par cipa on, and empowerment.
The NHRC has been commi ed to the protec on of
rights of children and gives great importance to this
thema c area in its work and func oning.
7.4.2 The Commission organised a two-day Na onal
Conference on Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM)
on 2-3 March 2023. The main objec ve of the
Conference was to derive recommenda ons/
ac onable points for policy makers, intermediaries
including content hosts, law enforcements agencies, etc. a er having due delibera ons among the
stakeholders. The Conference was a ended by the
representa ves of the Government, state police
and cyber cell units, interna onal bodies including
the United Na ons India, United Na ons Children's
Fund (UNICEF), United Na ons Office on Drugs and
Crime (UNODC), Office of the United Na ons High
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), etc.,
intermediaries including the Internet Service
Providers (ISPs), domain experts and members of
the civil society. The Inaugural Session of the
Conference was addressed by the Chief Guest Shri
Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister of Law and Jus ce, while
the Valedictory Session was addressed by Shri
Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Hon'ble Minister of State for
Electronics and IT and Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship, Government of India. The
Conference consisted of panel discussions and
thema c presenta ons by speakers during five
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