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By V.R Krishna Iyer
We, the People of India are a cultural disgrace among the capital cities of the world. Every day there is a gang rape. The penal law and criminal procedure are so dilatory and slow-moving that it takes long for a horrendous crime like gang rape to reach the final sentencing stage. We must radicalize the whole process. There must be a mobile police team which if a sex terror incident is reported in a newspaper or otherwise, they should not wait for FIR or other formality but should proceed forthwith rush to the spot trace the vehicle or suspect, arrest and investigate at once, go to the court with a charge sheet and prosecute the case before a special court with a specially trained advocate and judge and seek an instant trial with immediate notice to the accused, quick hearing and sentence. A quick offenses sex code must be enacted without permission or sanction or other delaying obstacles. Otherwise the police prove insensitive, courts adjourn, and witnesses don’t turn up. The court must go to where the scene or witnesses are and don’t wait—quick trial must be the mission. Operative urgent disposal of sex cases of course with fair trial requirements complied with without delay is the need of the hour.
We, the People of India are a cultural disgrace among the capital cities of the world. Every day there is a gang rape. The penal law and criminal procedure are so dilatory and slow-moving that it takes long for a horrendous crime like gang rape to reach the final sentencing stage. We must radicalize the whole process. There must be a mobile police team which if a sex terror incident is reported in a newspaper or otherwise, they should not wait for FIR or other formality but should proceed forthwith rush to the spot trace the vehicle or suspect, arrest and investigate at once, go to the court with a charge sheet and prosecute the case before a special court with a specially trained advocate and judge and seek an instant trial with immediate notice to the accused, quick hearing and sentence. A quick offenses sex code must be enacted without permission or sanction or other delaying obstacles. Otherwise the police prove insensitive, courts adjourn, and witnesses don’t turn up. The court must go to where the scene or witnesses are and don’t wait—quick trial must be the mission. Operative urgent disposal of sex cases of course with fair trial requirements complied with without delay is the need of the hour.
(V.R Krishna Iyer, eminent jurist, is a former Judge of Supreme Court of India)
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