The Kerala High Court has stayed various lower court orders directing the collection of blood samples of children of rape and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) survivors for DNA.
The High Court said that it is in the interest of the victim that she is not traumatized again and again by re-living the incident by being present in Court proceedings.
Single-judge Justice Revati Mohite Dere said that if the child/victim is examined expeditiously, he/she would be in a position to recall the incident vividly as it happened, and nail the perpetrator.