The Prolonged Path to Justice

It’s been more than 5 months to the brutal bus gang rape but nothing vital has come out from the legislation and judiciary of the second most populated country of the world. Since the bus gang rape all you hear on news channels and read in newspapers is RAPE. The women of the country have become the most vulnerable creature. They are perpetually stared, eve-teased, sexually and verbally abused and last but not the least raped every other second in the country where Goddesses like Saraswati, Lakshmi and Durga are worshiped. The most recent rape case which traumatized the country was of a Girl toddler of 5 years. This devilish act was done by the neighbor of the child who for constant three days raped her. The most dreadful fact was unveiled by the father of the victim. He told to media that a bribe of two thousand rupees was offered to him by the police officials who were forcing him to not register an FIR of an unpardonable offense.

In other instance we see one of the culprits of the bus gang rape asked for more fruits and milk as he was preparing for a recruitment exam. He was the same guy who was most barbaric to the victim of the rape. And to that what our jurisdiction did? Supplied him with what he demanded, because in India we believe in reform. I agree reform is the best way to bring out the most desirable change in the society but don’t you think there should be a division in the category of the criminals? I believe. Not every criminal deserves reform many needs punishment, some deserves life imprisonment and at least few deserve to be hanged till death. At least in such atrocious rape cases we expect capital punishment for the culprits and that to in fast track court, unlike other cases under the judiciary where the offender gets the punishment of life imprisonment after he loses his life naturally.

Since tots we are hearing about the delay in justice in India but at the same time we are assured of the delivery of justice sooner or later. To my disappointment in 80% of cases justice is delivered neither sooner nor later. Then the question arises whom to blame for this lack of justice? The moment we ask this question The Blame Game starts. No one consent their flaws and start targeting some other person, group or Political party. Even Electronic Media makes the most of this Blame Game by giving the opportunity to the members of the political parties to put forward their arbitrary arguments on their news channel.

Being a woman has become a battle which seems to be everlasting. I fight every single day for my self-respect from those eve-teasers, stalkers and those men who consider women of inferior species and treat them as mere objects. I as a responsible and anxious citizen of the country wait only for the ever delayed justice to liberate and for the day when I could drive myself home late at night without any terror of being just another victim.