Tuesday, 1 July 2014

‘MINOR’-A MISNOMER FOR A MONSTER

The pioneer 31/01/2013, ahmedabad mirror 31/01/2013

Contrary to the nation's expectations the sixth accused in the Delhi gang rape case will be treated as a juvenile and possibly will walk free after June. Adding insult to the injury, few legal luminaries and bleeding hearts have come out in support and acting as a bulwark for the accused arguing that laws can't be changed for retrospective cases and children should be treated like children irrespective of the heinousness and barbarity of their crimes. This verdict pushes the sense of closure for the citizens too far for now. Outmoded laws need to be revisited if government doesn't want society to turn to lynch mob. This beneath the contempt juvenile monster will walk free in a few months but for how long? The country's agony is too mammoth to simmer down and if he is set free because judiciary pulled its punches then people will take law in their hands. Correct the loopholes and punish the culprit or stay with the status quo and force the society to demonize, choice stays with the government.

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