A question that haunts all 2.25 billion Indians who rallied around Nirbhaya's case, to
protest violence against women. India law on rape is applicable to persons above 18 years
of age, and the culprit in Nirbhaya rape case got only 3 years of imprisonment in a remand
home. Juvenile Justice Bill, 2014 which permits juveniles older than 16 to be tried as
adults if they commit heinous crimes. Is Indian justice a travesty of justice?The system
that provides privacy and financial aid to heinous criminal instead of keeping them behind
bars-protecting the rights of juvenile rapist but not the rights of the raped woman.
Juvenile culprits need no mercy. India should wake up to this reality.
Sunder T
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