The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday observed that sex education should be provided to children “from a younger age and not class IX onwards,” while granting bail to a 15-year-old boy accused of sexual assault. A bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice Alok Aradhe made the crucial observation after reviewing the Uttar Pradesh government’s curriculum, ultimately setting aside a High Court order that had denied bail to the juvenile.

Case Background

The appeal was filed by a juvenile accused of offences under Section 376 (rape) and Section 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, along with Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012. The case reached the Supreme Court after the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, in an order d

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