Recently lower courts in several Indian states have pronounced death
punishment for criminals involved in rape and murder of minor girls. In eastern
state of Odisha alone four such pronouncements have been made in a short span
of four months. This nevertheless would not perhaps help in controlling the
heinous and inhuman crime, particularly in a country where majority of the
population, if not all, are individuals with criminal mind set. To control such
anti-humanity and anti-society crime, one requires to come out with some
out-of-the-box steps which is the need of the hour.
The
Central government, the states and the Supreme Court should come together to
work out a mechanism through which the rape victims can get justice within a
short span of six months. Which means the investigation, trial and
pronouncements as well as execution of death sentences should be over in 24
weeks. Special courts and designated judges can be appointed for this purpose.
These steps can only create a fear factor among the criminals indulging in
extra serious crimes like rape. The problem in India is that nobody fears the
laws of the land for their loopholes as well as improper and late execution.
This attitude has to be changed by any means.
Moreover, not only the cases of rapes of minors but for all types of
rapes, be it minor and major girls and ladies or minor and major boys(there is
no dearth of rapists of boys across the globe, particularly in south Asian
countries including India), the penalty should be death. Everybody should
remember that when one forces upon somebody for a physical relationship, he or
she gets murdered not once but ten and hundred times over. The scar and scare
remain for rest of his or her life. The late Roger Moore, the Hollywood star famous
for his role as James Bond in popular bond movies once had revealed while
speaking at a function as to how he was sexually assaulted in his childhood and
how the episode haunted him for rest of his life.
The out of box initiatives should
also include punishment, either monetarily or through jail terms, for parents
of the perpetrators for their failure to bring up their children properly. No
person would indulge in a crime like rape if he is parented and brought up in a
proper manner. All should realize that it is very easy to produce a child. Dogs
are also giving birth to puppies on the streets. But it a responsible job to
bring up a child. If you do not have the capability to give a proper childhood
to your children then don’t go for them.
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