The Court will speed up POCSO case trials in city

Mysuru: Mysuru’s Principal District and Sessions Court Judge B. Jayanth Kumar inaugurated the second POCSO Fast Track Special Court-2 on the District Court premises here yesterday.

The POCSO  Fast Track Special Court FTSC-2 started functioning after the inauguration. It aims to dispose of 267 cases of the nearly 600 pending cases in the district. The remaining cases will be handled by the FTSC-1.

In all, 19 Police Stations will come under the jurisdiction of this newly inaugurated Special Court. Anand P. Hogade, Additional District Judge, POCSO FTSC-1 said that the POCSO FTSC-2 has been started in the city to speed up the case disposal process.

He highlighted that the Court had disposed of the case relating to the rape and murder of a minor girl from North Karnataka who was selling balloons during Dasara-2025, in a year. It is important that POCSO cases must be disposed of within 12 months, he added.

The main objective of this Court is to make the delivery of justice more effective, accelerate the disposal of pending cases and ensure timely justice for victims. Senior Civil Judge Nagaraj S. Ankasadoddi, who is also the Member-Secretary of District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Judges Ravikanth, Somashekar and Mallanagowda,  Mysore Bar Association President S. Lokesh and others were present.