Early Times Report
Jammu, July 30 : A special police officer (SPO), who was facing trial in an acid throwing case, was today awarded seven years of rigorous imprisonment by principal sessions judge, Jammu, Sanjay Gupta. The victim approached police on May 26, 2012 and lodged a complaint, stating therein that while she was returning from a boutique along with her father, the accused SPO stopped them near the gate of CHC, R S Pura, and proposed to her. When she refused, he threw acid on her with the intention to kill her. On the basis of this statement, police registered a case under sections 307 and 341 of RPC. The judge, after hearing the two sides, observed that acid attacks were a form of violence against women, where acid was thrown on them to deface or kill them. "Acid attacks are considered vicious among crimes against women as they cause perpetual suffering to the victim. As acid melts the flesh and even the bones of a person, it causes an unparalleled degree of pain, leaving the victim mutilated and scarred as well as giving her permanent disabilities, for example, blindness. More often than not, these attacks by the perpetrators are viewed as retaliatory or meant for teaching a lesson to adamant women," he observed. Acid throwing could well be described as an attempt to control or subjugate women, the judge added.With these observations, the court awarded seven years of rigorous imprisonment to the accused and fined him Rs 2 lakh. The judge ordered to give the fine amount to the victim as compensation. |
