People do not want to believe that the person who has given them such a sense of comfort and belonging could be a criminal – so they don’t.

The NCRB report shows that more than four lakh cases of crimes hostile to women were filed across India in 2021. Eighty-seven rape cases in one day were reported in India in 2021. A report by National Family Health Survey-5 states that around one-third of women have been through violence, be it sexual or physical.

A minor girl was allegedly gang-raped by 5 men in the city of Kolkata on 18th October 2022. The accused have been arrested, while investigation continues.

The role of the Indian Judicial System is to protect the citizens of this nation, give a voice to the vulnerable and oppressed, and provide justice to the harmed. Unfortunately, the judiciary’s observations involving cases of rape or molestation charges are becoming prejudiced, misogynistic, and disconcerting.

People can lose all reasonable thinking and their present life too, for a few moments of gratification. No dream is so big that it can cost the life of a person.