POCSO Special Court-II starts functioning in Mysuru

The second POCSO Special Court was inaugurated on the Mysuru District Court premises on Wednesday. | Photo credit: MA Sriram

To speed up the disposal of cases involving child sex offences, the Mysuru district judiciary has set up a second special POCSO court in the district court premises in the city.

POCSO Special Court – Additional District and Sessions Court FTSC-II started functioning on Wednesday. It aims to dispose of 267 cases out of nearly 600 pending cases in the district. The remaining cases were dealt with by the Additional District and Sessions Court FTSC-I.

19 police departments will fall under the purview of this newly established Special Court.

In POCSO cases, evidence must be recorded within 2 months of registration of the case. POCSO cases must be disposed of within 12 months. Due to the large backlog of cases in Mysuru district, it is difficult to meet the deadline prescribed by the POCSO Act.

“A special FTSC-II POCSO court has been started in the city to speed up the process of disposal of the case,” said Anand P. Hogade, additional district judge, POCSO-I FTSC-I court, pointing out that the court was dealing with a case related to the rape and murder of a minor girl who was selling balloons during Dasara-2025 in a year.

To speed up the processing of pending cases, the Special Court aims to process an average of 30 cases per day.

The cases were classified as child marriage, elopement and other genuine offenses by POCSO, said Nagaraj S. Ankasadoddi, Senior Civil Judge, Member Secretary DLSA.

The FTSC-II POCSO Special Court was inaugurated by B. Jayantha Kumar, Principal District and Sessions Judge, Mysuru. BK Ravikantha, Presiding Officer, Special Court POCSO-II, all judicial officers of Mysuru City and members of the Bar were present.

The newly launched POCSO Special Court aims to speed up the judicial process, reduce the backlog of cases and strengthen public confidence in the judiciary, a press release said here.

Published – 28 Oct 2026 20:49 IST