The law states rape as a crime and also has a provision for such rapists to escape under the excuse of being a minor. This is the law but this is sheer injustice. Now the question is, what to do when the law itself is against justice?
If we follow the law and commute the punishment to a year or two in the reformatory school expecting a transition from a demon to 'good behavior', we are barring the victim and her parents from justice. We need reformations. On one hand an innocent girl is paralyzed both physically and mentally and on the other hand the culprit escapes with a petty punishment just because he is able to produce a certificate that proves that he is less than 18. This has already happened in the Nirbhaya Case, which happened in December 2012. The case received nation-wide condemnation and forced Indian Government to amend rape laws. While the four adult rapists received death penalty, the young convict -who was six month short of coming of age was sentenced to only three years in a correctional facility.
Today a high percentage of sexual crimes in India are committed by teenagers, who know that they can get away with it. If in pre-meditated murders and rape, the offenders are bought at the higher courts than this would discourage juvenile criminals.
Rape-Cases should not be treated like other cases and kept pending at Lower Court and then Higher court. Rape and cases associated with crime against women should be treated under fast trials and it should be ensured that neither the criminal escapes nor an innocent gets jailed.
Submitted for Indispire
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