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 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.
A government school teacher in Berasia, Bhopal was sentenced to life imprisonment till death and a fine of Rs 20,000 for raping a 10-year-old girl by Additional Sessions Judge Gyaneshwari Kumre on Tuesday.
Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against an accused before the POCSO Court, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh in connection with a case related to sexual abuse and other offences including sharing of child sexual abuse material on a social media platform.