Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO Act) has been enacted with the aim of protecting children from sexual crimes. This Act was made by the Ministry of Women and Child Development in the year 2012 by the name of POCSO Act-2012. Under this law, action is taken in cases of sexual crimes and molestation of minor children like sexual harassment, sexual exploitation and pornography. Under this law, different punishments are prescribed for different crimes. This Act is applicable throughout India. All offenses under the POCSO Act are heard by a special court before the camera in the presence of the child’s parents or people whom the child trusts. After the implementation of the POCSO Act in the year 2012, along with several other amendments in the POCSO Act in the year 2020, a provision for death penalty has been made in such crimes.