Smruti Smaraki Dalabehera, Sambalpur University, Odisha ABSTRACT An exhaustive legal framework was introduced to safeguard children from sexual abuse, exploitation, and harassment by the enactment of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act of 2012 (POCSO). Though the statute was a remarkable historic step to guarantee children oriented legal remedies and accelerate the prosecution of sexual offenses against minors, still led to numerous constitutional and doctrinal challenges,...