Will you make a ferocious dog, who had bitten you, your loved pet?
Will you make a thief your friend and invite him home?
Will you invite a criminal to stay over with you in your house?
Will you ask a murderer to watch out for you, day and night?
If the answer to these questions is NO, then how can you ask a rape victim to marry the rapist, who torn apart her body, stole her dreams and murdered her innocence?
June 24, 2015: Today, a Madras High Court judge, Justice D Devadass granted interim bail to accused V Mohan to initiate a mediation process with the rape victim, who was a minor at the time of the incident and now bears a child from the unfortunate event in 2002.
June 24, 2015: Today, a woman asks what kind of a justice is this, where a woman is asked to accept a man, who had left you broke, shattered and shamed? How can you ask her to let him touch her again in her will, when he had touched a hundred times against that will? How can you ask her child to call that man a ‘father’, when he has shamed the very face of humanity?
- The judge argues that a similar case in the February 2015 is going towards ‘a happy conclusion.’
A HAPPY CONCLUSION? Are you serious? A minor – gang raped, forcefully penetrated by perverts, robbed of her childhood, dreams, her body and her emotions, made a mother before she could understand the beautiful meaning of life, her dignity violated and her soul damaged, left to face the shames of the society and a man- coward enough to violate a young girl, a sick mind to prey on an innocent to satisfy his lust and make her pregnant- sorry to say, but Sir, where is the happiness in all this? How can these two people walk hand-in-hand towards a ‘happy conclusion’. Asking a minor rape victim to marry the accused that too after 13 years of the incident is like ‘raping’ her once again of the condolences, she has given herself, the courage she has gathered over the years, the love she is giving her child and the dreams she has in her eyes today. I guess this would be no a less a crime either.
- The accused was sentenced for seven years and a fine of Rs. 2 lakhs for the victim, by a Mahila court. He is being given interim bail before completing his sentence.
INTERIM BAIL? Are you joking? Letting go a rape accused for such a lame reason is just un-acceptable. It is like a legal license for your crime. Accused of such crimes should be punished without a second though. However, this is a separate and lengthy debatable discussion. The judge has also asked the accused to deposit Rs. 1 lakh as fixed deposit in the victim’s account. Though, money cannot fade the scars, but it is very crucial for survival, both for her and her child. This amount should be at maximum as possible. But, granting interim bail before he could complete his sentence just reduces his guilt and gives him an opportunity to break free. These kind of judgements itself forfeits the sections of law, which aims to give strict punishment for such crimes to reduce the frequency and brutality of such offenses.
- ‘Mediation’ mode is best suited to them.
MEDIATE? Are you justified? Leave the victim alone and stop traumatizing her with the burden of marrying his rapist. She will die every single day if she has to share the same bed with him. She will hate the fact that he will touch her once again and claim it to be love. She can’t possibly ‘love’ the person, who killed her soul once and snatched away her life. Mediation works for those, where there is a chance to solve a situation between two people by mutual consent. How can you expect mediation between perversion and disgust? Who knows if he will torture her and her child more after the marriage and no one can protest as they are ‘legally married’.
There can other ways to the accused, in case he seriously wants to repent and take responsibility for the crime. Mediation or marrying the victim is definitely not the ‘justified’ solution.
The judgment said: “The victim-girl has become mother of a child. But as on date, she is nobody’s wife. So she is an unwed mother. Now there is a big question mark looming large before the girl as well as her child, who is completely innocent. Generally, in this type of cases, the girl concerned is stated to be a victim, but really speaking the child born out of such a physical contact is also a victim. The child is a victim of circumstances. She was born to suffer a social stigma for no fault of her. It is a great tragedy.”
This clearly brings out the deep-rooted callousness and dipalidating mindset of the Indian society. If justice can speak this language, then GOD save our society. This approach to fighting heinous crimes like rape will take our law and order to the deepest graves of shame and injustice. The spirit of a woman will never be free from the shackles of dominance and suppression.
It pains to see the protectors of the law passing such a judgement and that too in a democracy like ours. It opens a door for new crimes. It just makes things simpler for the offender. It will put an approval stamp on the fact that the victim is responsible for rape and will continue to haunt women in the country about their safety and security.
Someone will rape a woman and say I will pay fine and I am ready to marry the victim. Wow, there will be no justice, no rights and no remorse. I dread being a part of such a society in the near future. It is time, Indian law takes a better approach to deal with crimes of rape and the accused. Because, in rare cases, the accused really feels sorry for his crime and wants to take the path of expiation. Such perverts, if let loose, can be a bigger nuisance of repeated crimes in the mainstream society.
Dear, stalwarts of Indian justice, if you are listening:
“Stop Passing Such Judgements Of Forgiveness To Protect Your Own Daughters Under Your Own Law.”
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