Legal body offers tips to child welfare officers on juvenile justice system

LOHARDAGA: Child welfare officers, members of district child welfare committee, district juvenile justice board and officers-in-charge of seven police stations were trained on juvenile justice system at Lohardga circuit house on Tuesday.
Master trainers Bhagwan Das and advocate Bipin Bihari Dubey informed the participants on how police should be sensitive towards children and what positive role should a child welfare committee and juvenile justice board members play in it.
“Two kinds of children need special care in the society- a child in conflict with law and a child in need of care and protection. Care and Protection of Children Act 2000 has provisions of a separate system to care for children under both the categories,” said Das. He asked the officers to send the children to observation home in Gumla district or shelter home at Ranchi depending on the need of the child.
He expressed concern over large number of cases related to juvenile crime in the state. In Jharkhand, last year, 633 cases were recorded against children.
“Society needs to be more sensitive towards children to stop them from leading a neglected life or commiting crimse. Government has provisions and a proper system to care for such children and people need to take them to the right place,” he added.
The workshop was inaugurated by principal district and session’s judge Sanjay Prasad, accompanied by deputy commissioner Ratan Kumar, SP Jitendra Kumar Singh and additional SP Madusudan Bari.
“It the first ever training on the subject organized by District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) under the aegis of Jharkhand State Legal Services Authority in association with UNICEF, Jharkhand,” said PK Chaurasia, secretary of DLSA.