PUNISHMENT FOR RAPE
Rape must be one of the most heinous crimes human can do against another human being. The recent happenings in the country ratify this. There is no dearth for rape cases in India. According to a report by Reuters, more than 32,500 cases of rape were registered with the police in 2017 which makes about 90 cases a day in India. Our courts disposed of only about 18,300 cases related to rape that year, leaving more than 1,27,800 cases pending at the end of 2017. The 'Crimes of India -2019' report shows that crimes against women have gone up by 7.3 per cent last year. The country had recorded 3,78,236 cases of crimes against women in 2018. The NCRB data for 2019 showed that the majority of cases were registered under 'cruelty by husband or his relatives' (30.9%), assualt on women with intention to outrage her modesty' (21.8%) and 'kidnapping and abduction of women' (17.9%)
Some most horrific cases reported by media during early half of 2019 are:
A 15 year old girl was gang raped for five days by 6 including 3 minors in Andhra Pradesh.
6 men gangrape 19 year old woman in front of father in Bihar.
12 year old girl raped, beheaded by brothers, uncle in Madhya Pradesh.
A 4 year old girl was raped in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh after the accused lured her with a 10 rupee note and took her to a secluded spot.
A 11 year old girl was raped and murdered in Unnao and her body was found in an orchard.
A 13 year old girl was raped by two men at her home in Shahjahanpur in UP when her parents had gone out to purchase medicines.
A 9 month old girl was raped in Telangana after the man took her to a secluded place in the wee hours.
A 4 year old girl was raped in a private school in Punjab. Sangrur school principal among 3 held.
A 3 year old girl was raped in Bandipora, J&K during the holy month of Ramzan after the accused lured her with a candy.
UP woman sold of by father for Rs 10k, gangraped, sets self on fire after police refused to file complaint.
A 16 year old girl was kidnapped, confined and raped by 3 men in Noida for 51 days.
And the report goes on and on. Let us remember that all these have happened in India. There is no dearth of temples and mosques here. Our politicians loudly proclaiming the sacred culture and tradition of our holy land.
I only pray to Shailputri, Brahmacharini, Chandraghanta, Kushmanda, Skandmata, Katyayani, Kaalratri, Mahagauri and Siddhidatri on this great occasion of Navaratri to protect thy daughters of this country. There is no one here for them other than thyself!
..................... to be continued
(Indebted to NCRB reports and scoopwhoop.com reports by Meenu Katariya)
KV George
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