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Anil Agrawal (Retired)     23 July 2010

Rape and study

Rape, study in jail, get into IAS and get released.

 

SC paves way for rape convict to join IAS

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The Supreme Court today dismissed the petition of National Commission for Women challenging the Delhi High Court verdict reducing the life imprisonment of a rape convict to five and half years to pave the way for him to join the civil services.

A Bench comprising Justices H S Bedi and C K Prasad rejected the appeal of the NCW saying it had no locus standi (right to appear before a court) in the matter.

"Your prayer is for the enhancement of the sentence. There is no provision in the CrPC allowing persons other than the state, prosecutor or the kins of the victim to file an appeal under such circumstances. You have no locus standi in the case," the Bench said.

Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran, appearing for Delhi government, said the prosecution was not making any appeal against the decision of the High Court.

"We do not prefer to file appeal in the matter," he submitted the before the Bench which refused to interfere with the High Court verdict.

"We are not inclined to interfere with the High Court decision," the Bench said while rejecting the submission of advocate Priya Hingorani that the apex court has inherent power to entertain the appeal.

The NCW had contended that the it was a case of serious crime of rape and the High Court has given untenable grounds for reducing the punishment of the convict.

The convict had cleared the civil services exams during his imprisonment.

Earlier, the apex court had issued a notice seeking response of the NCT government in January 2009.

When the counsel for the NCW tried to bring to the attention of the apex court that it had already issued a notice in the matter, the court said issuing of a notice by it does not debar it from examining the maintainability of appeal.

The High Court had reduced the sentence saying the convict has "redeemed" himself in jail.

Ashok Rai alias Amit, a tutor, was convicted on charge of raping his 21-year old student who had committed suicide after the incident.

However, his conduct that he studied in the jail and got selected in the Indian Administrative Services (IAS) was taken note of by the High Court which said the jail term already undergone by him would meet the ends of justice.

Though the High Court upheld the conviction for the charge of rape, it did not agree with the trial court holding the accused guilty for the offence abetment of suicide.

 



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Vijay Kumar (Advocate)     23 July 2010

I wonder whether the UPSC would allow a convited person to join the service.

Bhartiya No. 1 (Nationalist)     24 July 2010

That person has only cleared his exams for IAS, and then the serving IAS or IPS should become immune from these types of offences. Nice judgment.

Sometimes qualification goes against the accused and sometimes it favours.

Should not the judges be held accountable for rising crimes?

It seems that Gandhian thought has inspired them.

 

Mahatma Gandhi once said that, “if every saint has a past then every criminal has a future”.  It is to achieve this future that punishments are given by law.  Punishments are given so as to ensure a bright future to the society including the criminal himself.  In the case of a child offender, special care should be given to his future for it is yet in a budding state and is not beyond repair.  He should not be exposed to the harshness of prison and the brutality of common trial procedure.  It will shatter his fragile physiological framework into a thousand unusable shards.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.

Mahatma Gandhi

Hate the sin, love the sinner.

Mahatma Gandhi

Bhartiya No. 1 (Nationalist)     25 July 2010

It is IPC 376A

Section 376A. Intercourse by a man with his wife during separation
1[376A. Intercourse by a man with his wife during separation.

Whoever has s*xual intercourse with his wife, who is living separately from him under a decree of separation or under any custom or usage without her consent, shall be punished with imprisonment of either descriptttion for a term which may extend to two years and shall also be liable to fine].

  1. Subs. by Act 43 of 1983, sec. 3, for sec. 376A (w.e.f. 25-12-1983).

 

 

 

 

 

Here in this section two things are important firstly “with his wife, who is living separately from him under a decree of separation or under any custom or usage”. When a girl is living under decree of separation, is she still be called her wife? Even there a judgment came that a divorced woman cannot use even name of her ex-husband.

 

 Secondly “without her consent” does it not be called as “forcefully or against her will”?

Should not it be come under the definition of rape? Definition of Rape is given in IPC section 375. If it comes under the definition of rape why punishment is low? Can anyone explain this?

Arup (UNEMPLOYED)     25 July 2010

AFTER PUNISHMENT HE IS A COMMON MAN.

NO FURTHER PUNISHMENT CAN BE AWARDED TO HIM ON THE SAME GROUND


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