New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- 'Now beta, live your life, go to school, make friends, laugh, play, dream.'

These words as part of Delhi judge's message to 10-year-old rape survivor have left many emotional. When Additional Sessions Judge Rajani Ranga wrote her sentencing order to a 10-year-old girl - raped in 2023 - as part of the legal note, little did she know that it would spread wide and far to touch the hearts of many online as well as offline. Such was the impact of these words that the Delhi High Court directed the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) to print the message and ensure it reaches the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act) case survivor, along with Rs.10.50 lakh in compensation to her family.

Judge Ranga...