AGE DETERMINATION THROUGH APPEARANCEPrimarily, age is to be determined, as per Section 94(1) of the JJ Act, 2015, through the appearance of the victim. We must bear in mind that the POCSO Act did not and does not make the JJ Act, 2000 or the JJ Act, 2015 applicable to the age determination process for victims under the POCSO Act. versus Anurudh & Another, discussed in detail in Part I of the article, have only made the procedure of age determination as prescribed under the JJ Act applicable to age determination process of POCSO Act victims. No judgment has specifically made the evidentiary standards applicable for age determination in JJ Act matters applicable to age determination in POCSO Act matters. Thus, it must be remembered that the judgment in Ashwani Kumar Saxena, which holds that no roving inquiry can be conducted while determining age under the JJ Act is not applicable to the age determination process under the POCSO Act, as the evidentiary standards applicable to age determination in a POCSO Act matter is proof beyond reasonable doubt, unlike one in a JJ Act age determination matter, as age is a necessary ingredient of every offence committed against a child under the POCSO Act.