The Madras High Court suggested that consensual sex, physical contact or allied acts after the age of 16 be excluded from the ambit of POCSO Act. The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. The POCSO Act, is a comprehensive law to provide for the protection of children from the offences of sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography, while safeguarding the interests of the child at every stage of the judicial process by incorporating child-friendly mechanisms for reporting, recording of evidence, investigation and speedy trial of offences through designated Special Courts.In keeping with the best international child protection standards, the said Act also
provides for mandatory reporting of sexual offences. This casts a legal duty upon a person who has knowledge that a child has been sexually abused to report the offence; if he fails to do so, he may be punished with six months? imprisonment and/ or a fine.