law: Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012
  D.-Aggravated Sexual
  
  Assault and Punishment Therefor
  9. Aggravated sexual
  
  assault.-
  a.  
  
    Whoever,
  
  being a police officer, commits sexual assault on a child-
   
  
   i.  
  
    within
  
  the limits of the police station or premises where he is appointed; or
  in
  
  the premises of any station house whether or not situated in the police station
  
  to which he is appointed; or
   
  
   iii.  
  
    in
  
  the course of his duties or otherwise; or
   
  
   iv.  
  
    where
  
  he is known as, or identified as a police officer; or
  b.  
  
    whoever,
  
  being a member of the armed forces or security forces, commits sexual assault
  
  on a child-
   
  
   i.  
  
    within
  
  the limits of the area to which the person is deployed; or
  in
  
  any areas under the command of the security or armed forces; or
   
  
   iii.  
  
    in
  
  the course of his duties or otherwise; or
   
  
   iv.  
  
    where
  
  he is known or identified as a member of the security or armed forces; or
  a.  
  
  
  b.  
  
  
  c.  
  
    whoever
  
  being a public servant commits sexual assault on a child; or
  d.  
  
    whoever
  
  being on the management or on the staff of a jail, or remand home or protection
  
  home or observation home, or other place of custody or care and protection
  
  established by or under any law for the time being in force commits sexual
  
  assault on a child being inmate of such jail or remand home or protection home
  
  or observation home or other place of custody or care and protection; or
  e.  
  
    whoever
  
  being on the management or staff of a hospital, whether Government or private,
  
  commits sexual assault on a child in that hospital; or
  f.  
  
    whoever
  
  being on the management or staff of an educational institution or religious
  
  institution, commits sexual assault on a child in that institution; or
  g.  
  
    whoever
  
  commits gang sexual assault on a child.
  Explanation.- when a
  
  child is subjected to sexual assault by one or more persons of a group in
  
  furtherance of their common intention, each of such persons shall be deemed to
  
  have committed gang sexual assault within the meaning of this clause and each
  
  of such person shall be liable for that act in the same manner as if it were
  
  done by him alone; or
  a.  
  
  
  b.  
  
  
  c.  
  
  
  d.  
  
  
  e.  
  
  
  f.  
  
  
  g.  
  
  
  h.  
  
    whoever
  
  commits sexual assault on a child using deadly weapons, fire, heated substance
  
  or corrosive substance; or
  i.  
  
    whoever
  
  commits sexual assault causing grievous hurt or causing bodily harm and injury
  
  or injury to the sexual organs of the child; or
  j.  
  
    whoever
  
  commits sexual assault on a child, which-
   
  
   i.  
  
    physically
  
  incapacitates the child or causes the child to become mentally ill as defined
  
  under clause (l) of section 2 of the Mental Health Act, 1987 or causes
  
  impairment of any kind so as to render the child unable to perform regular
  
  tasks, temporarily or permanently; or
  inflicts
  
  the child with Human Immunodeficiency Virus or any other life threatening
  
  disease or infection which may either temporarily or permanently impair the
  
  child by rendering him physically incapacitated, or mentally ill to perform
  
  regular tasks; or
  a.  
  
  
  b.  
  
  
  c.  
  
  
  d.  
  
  
  e.  
  
  
  f.  
  
  
  g.  
  
  
  h.  
  
  
  i.  
  
  
  j.  
  
  
  k.  
  
    whoever,
  
  taking advantage of a child's mental or physical disability, commits sexual
  
  assault on the child; or
  l.  
  
    whoever
  
  commits sexual assault on the child more than once or repeatedly; or
  m.  
  
    whoever
  
  commits sexual assault on a child below twelve years; or
  n.  
  
    whoever,
  
  being a relative of the child through blood or adoption or marriage or
  
  guardianship or in foster care, or having domestic relationship with a parent
  
  of the child, or who is living in the same or shared household with the child,
  
  commits sexual assault on such child; or
  o.  
  
    whoever,
  
  being in the ownership or management or staff, of any institution providing
  
  services to the child, commits sexual assault on the child in such institution;
  
  or
  p.  
  
    whoever,
  
  being in a position of trust or authority of a child, commits sexual assault on
  
  the child in an institution or home of the child or anywhere else; or
  q.  
  
    whoever
  
  commits sexual assault on a child knowing the child is pregnant; or
  r.  
  
    whoever
  
  commits sexual assault on a child and attempts to murder the child; or
  s.  
  
    whoever
  
  commits sexual assault on a child in the course of communal or sectarian
  
  violance; or
  t.  
  
    whoever
  
  commits sexual assault on a child and who has been previously convicted of
  
  having committed any offence under this Act or any sexual offence punishable
  
  under any other law for the time being in force; or
  u.  
  
    whoever
  
  commits sexual assault on a child and makes the child to strip or parade naked
  
  in public, is said to commit aggravated sexual assault.