Bullying acts that are closely related to physical violence will be punished as stipulated in Article 80 of the Child Protection Act. In that article, the punishment for perpetrators who violate Article 76 C of the Child Protection Act is a maximum imprisonment of 3 years and 6 months and/or a maximum fine of seventy-two million rupiah, and the perpetrator is sentenced to a maximum imprisonment of 5 years and/or a maximum fine of one hundred million rupiah.

Because the perpetrator is a child, the process is carried out in accordance with Law Number 11 of 2012 concerning the Juvenile Justice System. Based on Article 80 paragraphs (1) and (2), it is explained that criminal sanctions with a threat of imprisonment of less than 7 years must be subject to diversion efforts.

Diversion efforts are legal efforts to achieve restorative justice, namely the settlement of criminal cases by involving perpetrators, victims, families, and related parties. The aim is to find a fair solution by emphasizing recovery to the original state and not retaliation.

If there is no agreement in the diversion process, the perpetrator who is a child can be tried by paying attention to the principles that have been written in the Juvenile Justice System Law.[4]

References

[1] Kusumasari Kartika Hima Darmayanti, Farida Kurniawati, and Dominikus David Biondi Situmorang, “Bullying Di Sekolah: Pengertian, Dampak, Pembagian Dan Cara Menanggulanginya,” Pedagogia 17, no. 1 (2019): 55–66.

[2] Rischa Pramudia Trisnani and Silvia Yula Wardani, “Perilaku Bullying Di Sekolah,” G-Couns: Jurnal Bimbingan Dan Konseling 1, no. 1 (2016): 3, http://journal.upy.ac.id/index.php/bk/article/view/37/31.

[3] Risha Desiana Suhendar, “Faktor-Faktor Penyebab Perilaku Bullying Siswa Di SMK Triguna Utama Ciputat Tangerang Selatan” (B.S. thesis, Jakarta: Fakultas Ilmu Dakwah dan Ilmu Komunikasi Universitas Islam Negeri …, 2018), 95–96, https://repository.uinjkt.ac.id/dspace/handle/123456789/43876.

[4] Anita Anita, Hidayat Andyanto, and Meidy Triasavira, “Perlindungan Hukum Terhadap Korban Dan Pelaku Tindak Pidana Praktik Bullying Di Lingkungan Sekolah,” Jurnal Jendela Hukum 8, no. 2 (2021): 95.