We are a civilized society. 'Civilized'.....that word should be configured with a new meaning. If going to a killing spree, molesting, abusing and raping a lady to her limits and then leaving her to beg for death are the trade marks of civilization, then hell yes! We are civilized!!
What make me jot this down is the recent development around me.By this time everyone would be knowing about the Delhi incident.
Rape is a stigma which has been prevalent in the society for a long period of time. After the incident the victim is traumatized and is virtually impossible for her to come out the trauma. The victim has to leave with the stigma for the rest of her life, if any is left in her. According to justice Krishna Iyer;
"A Murderer kills the body, but a rapist kills the soul"
Into some statistics,we are alarmed of the situation, after knowing the fact that the number of rape cases in India has gone up to an disquieting 873 percentage from 1953 to 2011. There has been an upsurge of 9.7 percentage within the period of 2007 and 2011.(courtesy: www.legalindia.in). The GUARDIAN newspaper puts it thus; "Of all the G-20 nations, India is the worst place for a woman to be".
The social networking sites are abuzz, clamoring capital punishment to the culprits. But the following are the charges put on the culprits according to the Indian Penal Code:
1) Section 376(2)(G)(Gang rape)
2) Section 377(Unnatural sex)
3) Section 307(Attempt to murder)
4) Section 201(Destruction of evidence)
The maximum punishment on the basis of this crimes can be unto a life sentence,nothing more.The final discretion of the verdict will lie upon the Hon.Court of Justice.
The conviction rate is only 26 percentage. The culprits are no longer aghast of law. It may be due to the tardy and long procedures for the delivery of justice. So it's high time we bring about special laws concerning rape cases and provide instant and moral punishment to the felons, delivering justice in a swift manner to the victim.
What we have to make sure in the future that such incidents will not occur. For that the police have to be agile. Let's not put every one of those sacks on the heads of police authorities and politicians. We have some duty towards over sisters too. The youth of the country will unambiguously have to play a huge role. Only then we will be rewarded with fruitful results.Only then our mothers and sisters will be safe from hungry eyes. Remember those words.....REAL MEN DON'T RAPE......real men give respect and take respect...... We demand time bound action and vigilance without aberrations.
Finally i demand prayers for that innocent sister who is in state of virtual death.She has passed many times to coma...prayers......god help her.