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Nor are the age groups clearly marked in the newsier articles and television
discussions. It is the adolescents mostly who get the media attention.
Unlike the laws of many other countries, Indian Penal Code makes no distinction
between child sexual abuse from rape or molestation or other kind of crime. In
fact, the laws against child sexual abuse are only in their developing stage. Some
parts of the law applicable to sexual abuse of a child are related to sale, hire,
distribution, or circulation of obscene objects of literature to children.
Several movements have been started to initiate amendments to the penal code,
adding specific crimes for sexual abuse. But, in an increasingly violent society,
laws are no succour to the innocent victims of crime and violence.
In sum, rape and sexual abuse of children in India is a large problem not easy of
solution. India’s corrupt and weak legal system renders the problem even larger.