Skip to main content

Capital Punishment( Death Penalty) in Case of Child rape (POCSO)


Death penalty for Child Rape ( POCSO)



Death Penalty in case of child rape under the age of 12 is the latest initiative by Indian government. Law ministry has approved a proposal from the Ministry of Women and Child Development(MoWCD) to amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences ( PoCSO) Act,2012. The change in the law will only become permanent once it is approved by Indian parliament.

In this proposal, stringent punishment has been provided with minimum jail term being 20 years which may be go up to life in prison or death sentence which will be decided in court.

Time limit for investigation of all cases of rape has to be mandatorily competed within 2 months. It has also been prescribed that no anticipatory bail will be granted to the accused of rape of a girl child under the age of 16 years. Dedicated man power will be provided in these cases for investigation.  

This initiative of death penalty has been greatly welcomed by Indian society because rape cases in India has been increased a lot in recent times. Though there are some others who put forward some arguments against it. Why only for the victims below the age of 12? A rape is a rape. So this law should be enforced for all the rape cases. The reason may be misjudgment.

In the year 2016, more than 60000 cases of child rapes have been filed but surprisingly only 3% of the accused has been convicted. So, implementation of law is more important rather than making it. It has also been found in a study that in 94 % of the rape cases in India the accused are either close relative of family members or acquaintances.

Some people also think that capital punishment is not the solution but a kind of vengeance. There is no place of death penalty in this modern world because no judicial system in this world is perfect and error free. So there may be cases of wrong judgment and innocent people may be hanged to death.

 There is a lot of arguments for and against the law, but as a society India can grow only if the mentality of the peoples changes.





Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

SHANGHAI COOPERATION SUMMIT (SCO) 2018 (short note)

SCO summit The 18 th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit was held Jun 9-10 in Qingdao, China . India’s participation in the summit has revived the debate over the usefulness of this membership for the country’s foreign policy, economic development, security goals and Sino-Indian relation. The question has been debated since 2009, when India and Pakistan attended the Yekaterinburg summit as observers, and India showed interest in joining the SCO.   It was in June last year at the SCO summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, that India and Pakistan became full members of the china led grouping. Participating in the SCO as full members provides an opportunity for improving relations. The SCO charter is aimed at promoting peace and regional co-operation and all member states must abide by the Charter’s clauses. It is expected to bring about a positive change in the countries’ attitudes towards each other. This year’s summit was the first for India and Pakistan as full memb...
Post a Comment
Read more

Eassy on India and China relationship (SSC CGL and CHSL )

                                                    India and China India and china relationship have a history of chronic strife that India would like to forget but which China would not let us forget. Way back in 1950, after the Communist Revolution, the US offered China's UN Security seat to India. Pt. Nehru, India's first prime minister turned down the offer on the advice of USSR lest China should be offended. Within a year, the process of annexation of Tibet by China began. What is more, today China is stoutly opposing India's inclusion in the UN Security council. Our first Prime Minister, Nehru, visited China on October 1954 and he was overwhelmed with the amazing reception he got on his first visit. The doctrine of panchsheel ( Five Principle of coexistence) was established. Yet the ties between the two became strained with boarder skirmish...
Post a Comment
Read more

The Achievements of ISRO ( ESSAY for SSC CHSL and CGL )

                                                               The achievements of   ISRO ISRO, The Indian Space Research Organization, is making India proud by giving tremendous success in the field of space research. The Indian Space Research Organization, ISRO started working form nothing and now through immense efforts it becomes one of the greatest space research organizations in the world.   Its Headquarter is in Bangalore, Karnataka. In the year 1962 , ISRO was formed superseding ISCOPAR (Indian National Committee for Space Research) which was formed by India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru and renowned scientist Dr. Vikram Saravai. ...
Post a Comment
Read more