According to an official statement, consistent efforts have been undertaken under the directions of the Chief Minister to reach out to the most remote pockets of the state.
According to the police, the victim, who was identfied as the daughter of a businessman, was raped allegedly by their driver of eight years in Mumbai's Sewri area.
"We will launch a massive crackdown against child marriage in the state. Those marrying girls below the age of 14 years, will be booked under the POCSO Act," the CM said.
The Petroleum Division's top officials are worried about the development as Pakistan is already facing a gas crisis. In some of the main pockets of the city, gas has become a rare commodity even at the time of cooking.
The bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh in an order passed last week noted that many of the victims in POCSO cases were being asked to appear physically or virtually in Court at the time of hearing bail applications.
The case pertains to 2017, when one girl, aged 13, was found hanging in her house on January 13, 2017. Within two months, her nine-year-old sister was also found hanging in her house on March 4, 2017.
Meanwhile, over North India, cold wave to severe cold wave conditions are very likely over many parts of Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi till January 17 and thereafter in isolated pockets on January 18.