A crime is a crime and punishment must be simply commensurate.
The "Juvenile Justice Law" was indeed made under 'public pressure'. Elsewhere, in the media (Indian Express) a report went on : "It wasn't just about sending a 16 year old 'child' to jail"! Sorry, instead it was about sending 16 year old murderer and rapist to jail. Statistics has it that whether it is murder, rape or such atrocities, the juvenile contribution in a negative way is much more than that of an adult. If one is old enough to rape, then he is old enough to be hanged. Why argue around a number '16' - discussed for so long! Why not just the crime! What if, now a much younger 'child', does something heinous, then are we going to make suitable amendments to this law! Again go on lowering the age periodically? A crime is a crime and punishment must be simply commensurate.
There is a lot more to the bill as well. Thank god, our "elders", unlike behaving like "children", for once, became mature adults and discharged their constitutional responsibility. The bill should not have been dragged so long by disrupting the parliament sessions for petty reasons. Nirbaya and a lot more would have got justice!
The "Juvenile Justice Law" was indeed made under 'public pressure'. Elsewhere, in the media (Indian Express) a report went on : "It wasn't just about sending a 16 year old 'child' to jail"! Sorry, instead it was about sending 16 year old murderer and rapist to jail. Statistics has it that whether it is murder, rape or such atrocities, the juvenile contribution in a negative way is much more than that of an adult. If one is old enough to rape, then he is old enough to be hanged. Why argue around a number '16' - discussed for so long! Why not just the crime! What if, now a much younger 'child', does something heinous, then are we going to make suitable amendments to this law! Again go on lowering the age periodically? A crime is a crime and punishment must be simply commensurate.
There is a lot more to the bill as well. Thank god, our "elders", unlike behaving like "children", for once, became mature adults and discharged their constitutional responsibility. The bill should not have been dragged so long by disrupting the parliament sessions for petty reasons. Nirbaya and a lot more would have got justice!
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