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CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN IN INDIA: AN ANALYTICAL STUDY

ABSTRACT

Crimes committed against women illuminate both the frailty of society and the inability of the legal system to effectively protect its most vulnerable members. As we have shown in the last section, the criminal behaviour directed towards women has its roots in the mentality of society rather than a complete failure to apply laws. We believe that the standing of women in society should be raised rather than enacting more stringent regulations because there are already a great number of laws in place, and it is time to put them into effect effectively. The law already provides advantages to women, such as placing the burden of proof on the accused rather than the victim in rape cases. If a woman dies within seven years of her marriage, the dowry practise will be believed to be the cause of death, and the onus of proof will be placed on the husband’s family. People are demanding more stringent legislation, such as the death penalty; nevertheless, the question that emerges is whether or not there has been any change in the rape crime index since the culprits in the Nirbhaya Case were sentenced to death. No, the situation has not changed and is rather becoming worse day by day. Even after the Bhanvari Devi judgement, the amount of sexual harassment that occurred in the workplace fell. Yet a great number of other prominent cases’ rulings have been unsuccessful in preventing these crimes. Because there is no other society for criminals, they also live with us or within us, this demonstrates that we need a change in society rather than laws because there is no other society for criminals.

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