HC seeks details of crimes against women

  • | Thursday | 19th April, 2018

Justices Huluvadi G. Ramesh and M. Dhandapani issued the direction to government counsel on a public interest litigation petition filed by advocate A.P. The police had filed a counter-affidavit listing out steps taken to ensure the safety of women. “In all these cases, the youths, who indulge in violence and harm the young girls, exhibit male chauvinism and unwillingness to accept rejection. The petitioner wanted special teams of women officers in every police station to protect women who were stalked, eve-teased and subjected to mental and physical violence. They treat rejection as failure and get disappointed.

more-in The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the police to file a comprehensive report by June 6 listing out the number of criminal cases booked across the State with respect to crimes against women, including murder, stalking and chain-snatching in recent years, and the status of the cases. Justices Huluvadi G. Ramesh and M. Dhandapani issued the direction to government counsel on a public interest litigation petition filed by advocate A.P. Suryaprakasam. The petitioner wanted special teams of women officers in every police station to protect women who were stalked, eve-teased and subjected to mental and physical violence. The petition was filed in November 2017 when a 21-year-old software engineer, S. Induja, was burnt alive by her former classmate at her residence in Adambakkam after she rejected his marriage proposal. Citing the incident, the petitioner had urged the court to issue directions to ensure the safety of women. “Some beasts in the garb of human beings are finding pleasure in killing innocent young girls by pouring kerosene and petrol on them and setting them ablaze for the simple reason that these girls reject the one-sided love expressed by men or refuse to marry people they don’t like. “In all these cases, the youths, who indulge in violence and harm the young girls, exhibit male chauvinism and unwillingness to accept rejection. They treat rejection as failure and get disappointed. These beasts treat the victim girls as dolls and fail to understand that a person should be wooed and not owned,” the petitioner had said. The police had filed a counter-affidavit listing out steps taken to ensure the safety of women.

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