Capital Punishment
involves execution of a person who has committed a very heinous crime, which
falls in the rarest of rare category as specified by the Supreme Court. Voting against the United Nations General Assembly resolution India
still hold the right to exercise Capital Punishment.
According to the Supreme Court any person or group of people who
commit(s) the following heinous crimes are punishable by death:
- Murder,
- Robbery followed by murder,
- Plots a conspiracy against the nation,
- Abets a child’s suicide,
- Rape or gang rape which leaves the victim in a permanently vegetative state,
- Honor killings,
- Second offence of large scale narcotics trafficking,
- Any person who commits sati or anyone who abets the commission of such sati, either directly or indirectly shall be punishable by death.
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Till now 52 people have been
claimed to be hanged for their crimes. The hangings have always sparked an
outrage by the human rights group. But given the seriousness of the crimes
committed by these individuals, hanging them seems the only option. From 2004
to 2012 no hangings were carried out, however, the hangings of the Pakistani trained terrorist Ajmal Kasab who carried out
an attack at the Taj Mumbai and Afzal guru who carried out an attack on the
parliament broke the silence.
The basic purpose of criminal laws in any country is reformation of
the criminals and not their retribution. These laws aim at restoring the faith
of the society in the justice system and capital punishment may is a means to
do just that.
Capital punishment has been prevalent from the historic times. In
the modern era it may be carried out by
using poison injections, electrocutions, hanging or shooting but it has
always been a source to provide justice and maintain law and order in the
society by executing those who have little regard for human life. Today almost 139 countries have abolished capital
punishment but countries that still support it either partially or wholly
include India, Pakistan, China, Latin America and North America.
Capital punishment may seem a step too barbaric in its means and may
seem as a means to take vengeance for the victim’s family against the culprit,
but the motto is to send a message to
all the criminals out there who have no regard for human life, to people
like Surinder Kohli who strangled young girls and then raped their dead bodies,
to people like Ajmal Kasab who are being
brainwashed in the name of religion and are trained to kill innocent lives, to
people like Afzal Guru who attack the parliament and try to spread terrorism in
the country and many more. Sometimes
being barbaric in means is the only way to maintain peace.
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In my opinion capital punishment should be maintained and should not
be abolished. Rape cases like Nirbhaya’s happen with every passing day in the
country, most of them go unreported. Criminals have this habit of violating the
law as if no body is watching them; they just don’t have any fear in them. Why?
The reason is there are loopholes in the
justice system as well. People commit crime, the case reaches courts and is
tried out for years, and meanwhile another murder or another rape happens. The
government needs to act fast on this one. We can’t let these predators roam in
the society and put the female members of the society at risk. The recent
documentary released for Nirbhaya’s case shows what a rapist thinks about
women, what more proof does government need to hang such people?
The recent massacre, which took place in Pakistan by Taliban, made
the Pakistani government act unlike the Indian government, which only reacts.
Several hangings were carried out in span of days clearly stating that such
acts won’t be tolerated, why can’t our government do that? What or who is stopping
us? Why can’t the terrorists be hanged
instead so that a strong message is sent to the society and to the anti social elements?
The Government of India needs to take this matter very seriously; today as the
north and eastern states are affected by insurgencies, carrying out capital
punishment is the only feasible option to show that we mean business. Its only
after the government toughens up, instead of having the cases pending in court
rooms for ever make decisions at a faster rate and act more responsibly shall
our country be free from such people and the people of the country would feel
safe.
Being a youth of such a dynamic country what are your views on the
same. Share your views in the comment section and let the discussion go on.
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About the Author:
Shekhar Tanwar is a computer science engineer who is working
with a renowned MNC and is a die heart defense aspirant. Guitar is his
passion and he is very firm believer of physical fitness. This article is a
way to help defense aspirants to present his critical views on the topic, on
the forum so that collective exchange of thoughts can take place.
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