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| 2000 cases of excesses against women reported in one year | | Experts call for stringent laws, speedy trials | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 4 : Highlighting the alarming number of incidents of excesses against women, the State Women's Commission has revealed that close to two thousand cases of crimes against women have been reported during a period of one year. Experts and women groups have called for stringent legal protections and speedy trials in the cases of crimes against women. According to the annual report issued by the State Women's Commission, 1944 cases of kidnap, molestation, rape and eve teasing have reported from April 2010 to March 2011. The report, giving details of the excesses, states that during the 12 month period, 210 cases of rape, 746 cases of kidnap, 765 cases of molestation and 227 cases of eve teasing have been reported from across the state.Expert told that although scores of criminals involved in these cases have been arrested and cases registered but in absence of stringent laws and speedy trials, action against the culprits looks like a distant dream. "Almost all the arrested culprits have been able to get bail from the courts, experts said.A woman lawyer told that insufficient legal protection and delayed trials in the courts had added to the miseries to lives of these women. "The laws protecting women are not stringent enough.
Adding the legal delay which costs these ill fated women dearly, it becomes a nightmare for such women to fight these legal battles", the lawyer said . "Despite challans in courts and statements of witnesses, these cases take too long for these women and their relatives to afford the legal expenses," she added.Experts, lawyers, women's groups and non-governmental organisations have called for stringent and strict legal protection for women. "We want stringent laws to protect women, it is a need to the hour to have special courts for speedy trials in cases of rape and molestation", Mohammad Muazzam a social activist said. "Government must provide legal assistance and monetary support for the victims of rape, kidnap and molestation," he added. |
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