DIMAPUR INCIDENT IN NAGALAND Two wrongs do not make a right. The citizens cannot take law into their hands to seek quick redresssal of issues. The delays in judicial system have eroded the faith and people have lost confidence and patience. The irate mob of thousands freed him from custody and law enforcing agency had to exercise maximum restraint, otherwise there could have been more innocent tragedies. The lynching of the rapist, parading the accused naked and finally killing him appears reasonable, quick settlement, primitive justice system, an eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth remedy
Rapes have not only become a common place but are occurring with regular frequency . It is the rape victim who has to bear the brunt of ignominy of social ostracising,loss of dignity and self respect and deep wound . The whole process of filing FIR, recording evidence, examining witnesses, pronouncing of the sentence is a tortuous, never ending process and finally the rapist can get even away with shoddy evidence. It is a lifelong sentence of exclusion and humiliation. What has ever happened to justice Verma report after Nirbhaya case in point. ? What has happened to the 100 crores earmarked by UPA II for women security? Is the women security a priority or do we hear ever increasing choruses of blaming the women to restrict their freedom and inviting rapes due to their own actions ? Has the revolt all over India against the most brutal rape stopped the rapist from carrying on their escapades with impunity and without fear of law ? The perpetrators of the most gruesome rape and attempt to murder are still to meet the ends of justice in the incident of Nirbhaya and many other less publicized cases, Is not true that many a rape victims have committed suicides due to unbearable delays. The recent shocking of airing of video denigrating Nirbhaya is a case in point adding salt to the wounds of healing process,, The society soon forgets the agony, trauma and depth of the pain of the surviving or dead victim and the family, because public memory is short lived. There is growing sympathy for the accused to be reformed. Death penalty is considered abhorrent and barbaric and is universally condemned. It is true that death penalty has not stopped rapes, but what are the statistics available to show reduction of rates, serving as a deterrent ?.The centre to ward off public outcry for the failure of machinery of law and order has immediately asked for the report. Did the centre care to ask for the report of the act of the committed crime or its magnitude in the first place The society and the Governments must rise above petty rivalries and make women security and girl rights a priority. The justice system should be quick and deterrent that will send a strong message and those who dare will have to rue the roost Nelson Lopes Chinchinim
