JODHPUR, Aug. 5 -- The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday asked the Director General of Police, Rajasthan, to consider extensive training for investigating officers handling POCSO cases and matters involving juveniles, after finding that police had not followed the prescribed procedure to determine a victim's age. Justice Ashok Kumar Jain made the observation while deciding a bail plea by Shankar Ram, accused in a case registered at Khajuwala police station in Bikaner district. The court found that a medical officer at a community health centre, instead of a medical board, had given an opinion on the victim's age, which was not in accordance with the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, or the POCSO Act. "It simply means that police is not aware about the legal provision and police infact require extensive training when it comes to compliance of legal provision," the bench said. The court also said the trial court should identify such defects at the initial stage. "Same can be cured during investigation but after beginning of trial the defect cannot be cured," it observed Referring to Section 94 of the Juvenile Justice Act, the court said age must first be determined through school or matriculation records or, in their absence, a birth certificate from the competent authority. An ossification or other medical age test can be used only when these records are unavailable and on the order of the Committee or Board....