Originally posted by maha2us
Mr:Zorro. Read the article carefully. One point one has to conclude from the article is only around
35-40% of the cases had been investigated by the police and among them most are found to be false. If all the cases are investigated impartially, most of them are going to be found only false.
You are giving all sorts of other reasons why the cases are being dismissed. When things become more and more clear, truths will come. All I hope is let the truths prevail. While the true rapists are to be punished, those who file false cases also are to be severely punished. That is all I look for from the justice system in India.
This is a very one-sided opinion and analysis.
@Bold - reeks of personal interpretations of data.
If we are looking at statistics , According to NCRB's(National Crime Research Bureau) own published data - in 2012, There were 24,915 victims (proven) of rape out of 24,923 reported rape cases in the country during the year 2012.
Again quoting NCRB , in India only 21% of the total molestation cases were reported in year 2013 out of which only 5 % were tried in courts owing to a large percentage withdrawing the case under external influences.
Out of 706 cases of rape reported , only 1 was convicted - according to PTI and NCRB figures, the reason mentioned were shabby policy investigation, prejudices on the part of the judges creep in, especially when the rape victim and the accused are known to each other, or when there is an absence of injuries or in cases of date rapes. Also the dated definition of rape usually tilts the verdict in the favor of the convict.But the biggest reason found is the social causes which makes the victim withdraw the cases fearing the court proceedings and the backlash. Now when the conviction or court trail percentage for crime against women is so low, where do tough laws or punishment get the blame.
In 2013, SC criticized Police and Indian law makers for low conviction percentage in India. Official data shows 11,154 rape cases ended in acquittal or discharge during 2012, while only 3,563 cases resulted in a conviction.
Another 86,032 cases were awaiting trial at the end of last year, according to the data from the NCRB. In it's critique , most of these cases are branded as false convictions when in reality the blame lies with police investigation and the loop-holes in the law itself for letting the convict escape through.
If you are, as you mention gunning for the truth, then let the matters be heard from both sides in Court. A guilty person would be handed over the severest punishment . How does having a tough punishment affect a supposedly innocent person, surely he would be acquitted and looking at the low conviction rate, the case would be dismissed at the FIR stage.
Strangely, the large number of false convictions are in murder and robbery cases, they form the largest under-trial population of India , yet that doesn't mean the punishment for the crimes should be done away with .
Your numbers or what I quoted all indicate that such matters need excellent police investigation and be dealt in a swift manner, the tone of punishment has no bearing here.
I am just too perturbed that you are worried about the tough laws rather than large number of cases awaiting trial, shouldn't that be a priority for everyone. Get them solved quickly and save the lives of the innocent one and perhaps in the due process stop the humiliation of the victim too? If the intent is to be understood here, then fast-track trials, conclusive police investigation is what that is going to aid you the most.
@Blue - The wrongly implicated individuals can file defamation cases , all provided by the Indian Law, this serves for every law being misused out there- including rape, murder, corporate affairs. If your worry is this , then toughening the rape laws won't help this endeavour in any way.
Edited by charminggenie - 9 years ago
