It has been three years since the Nirbhaya incident. The juvenile rapist is to be released on December 21, after serving the maximum sentence of three years that can be awarded to an under-aged criminal.
The case always brings out emotions of disgust, fear, sadness, and anxiety in me. The parents of victim are demanding that the identity of juvenile be revealed before his release so that people are cautious of him; I empathize with them because who is to say that person will not do this again? And he was just shy of 6 months to be an adult, in which his mindset wouldn't have changed. Had he not been caught, could he repeated such an instance after turning 18? I don't know the answers to these questions.
I hold another contradicting perspective too, that Law is just and above the emotions. It is supposed to be objective and impartial. I believe in that; but the truth at hand is not an objective one but a subjective one. Who holds the true moral compass then? This boy came from our society, brought up amidst extreme poverty and a highly patriarchal mindset. He has his whole life ahead of him, shouldn't we give him a chance of rehabilitation and reform? Shouldn't we give a benefit of doubt that he might change? Revealing his identity would definitely hamper this chance.
One of the solution is keeping him under watch of police, something like a parole. With limited resources the country has, when dangerous criminals are out on loose and yet to be prosecuted, how effective this solution is to be?
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India's Daughter
The case always brings out emotions of disgust, fear, sadness, and anxiety in me. The parents of victim are demanding that the identity of juvenile be revealed before his release so that people are cautious of him; I empathize with them because who is to say that person will not do this again? And he was just shy of 6 months to be an adult, in which his mindset wouldn't have changed. Had he not been caught, could he repeated such an instance after turning 18? I don't know the answers to these questions.
I hold another contradicting perspective too, that Law is just and above the emotions. It is supposed to be objective and impartial. I believe in that; but the truth at hand is not an objective one but a subjective one. Who holds the true moral compass then? This boy came from our society, brought up amidst extreme poverty and a highly patriarchal mindset. He has his whole life ahead of him, shouldn't we give him a chance of rehabilitation and reform? Shouldn't we give a benefit of doubt that he might change? Revealing his identity would definitely hamper this chance.
One of the solution is keeping him under watch of police, something like a parole. With limited resources the country has, when dangerous criminals are out on loose and yet to be prosecuted, how effective this solution is to be?
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Looking for answers
India's Daughter
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