When if ever will the governments ruling the states of Uttar Pradesh; Bihar; Haryana; Madhya Pradesh; Odisha and the like where the diktat of self styled and appointed "khap panchayats" holds sway pay heed to the repeated admonishments and acerbic remarks made about the learned judges about the locus standi of the same and rein in these unlawful bodies that have become the bane of many a villagers existence.........
In yet another instance of haughtiness; lawlessness; crudity; absurdity and last but not the least scant respect for the law of the land a khap panchayat that was expressly constituted to rule on the vexatious issue/crime of a clumsy/ham handed attempt made by a 14 year old minor to sexually assault a 24 year old married woman; the khap decided to condone the errant juveniles behaviour by ordering his father to rain five blows on his persona with a shoe as due punishment for his sexual misadventures and thereby put an end to this controversial matter.......
According to the family members of the molestation/attempted rape attempt survivor; the 14 year old accused tried to take undue advantage of the fact that his intended victim was grazing her cattle all by herself in one of the numerous green expanses dotting Barhan village (40 kms or so away from Agra) on the blazing afternoon of May 24;2016 and set upon with her with a raging ferocity that belied his years.........
Managing to keep her wits; courage and indomitable will about her; the wannabe rapists intended victim/conquest not only warded of her tormentors advances with all her might but also repeatedly kept shouting for help at the top of her voice and her resounding screams drew the attention of fellow villagers who rushed to her aid and caught hold of the youth who forcefully wanted to subjugate his intended sexual conquest.........
The 24 year old married woman's rescuers firstly beat the 14 year old accused black and blue and subsequently dragged him to the residence of the village head (mukhiya) who in his infinite wisdom decided to summon a panchayat comprising of ten supposedly "wise" men belonging to the two neighbouring villages.......
As ordained/pre decided; the khap panchayat comprising of eleven self anointed "elders" assembled at the decided time of 11 am on May 27; 2016 and dispensed so called "punitive and reformative" justice with this seemingly insane and logic defying diktat of putting an end to this "hornet's nest" in the afore mentioned manner and also forbade any resident of the village to involve either the police or then any other legal authority as the involvement of the law enforcement agencies would only serve to "slur and besmirch" the fair and blemishless name of their beloved and revered village......
Conforming to their age old habit and nocturnal tendency of turning a blind eye towards the sordid goings on in the villages falling under their jurisdiction; the senior police officer in charge of the Barhan police thana outrightly denied the occurrence of any such failed rape attempt and brusquely brushed aside all queries and questions pertaining to this law and order related issue by doling out the officious and pernicious excuse about the youth being administered the punishment decided upon by the khap panchayat as he committed the grave sin of stealing standing crops from a fellow villagers fields and was hence duly punished for his hellish sins in a befitting manner.......
Is it any wonder then that the alarmingly spiralling crime statistics pertaining to crimes committed against hapless and defenceless women continue to abate and swell with alarming regularity despite the Supreme Court passing a plethora of laws guaranteed to ensure the safety and security of the nation's long suffering and continually oppressed womenfolk........
In yet another instance of haughtiness; lawlessness; crudity; absurdity and last but not the least scant respect for the law of the land a khap panchayat that was expressly constituted to rule on the vexatious issue/crime of a clumsy/ham handed attempt made by a 14 year old minor to sexually assault a 24 year old married woman; the khap decided to condone the errant juveniles behaviour by ordering his father to rain five blows on his persona with a shoe as due punishment for his sexual misadventures and thereby put an end to this controversial matter.......
According to the family members of the molestation/attempted rape attempt survivor; the 14 year old accused tried to take undue advantage of the fact that his intended victim was grazing her cattle all by herself in one of the numerous green expanses dotting Barhan village (40 kms or so away from Agra) on the blazing afternoon of May 24;2016 and set upon with her with a raging ferocity that belied his years.........
Managing to keep her wits; courage and indomitable will about her; the wannabe rapists intended victim/conquest not only warded of her tormentors advances with all her might but also repeatedly kept shouting for help at the top of her voice and her resounding screams drew the attention of fellow villagers who rushed to her aid and caught hold of the youth who forcefully wanted to subjugate his intended sexual conquest.........
The 24 year old married woman's rescuers firstly beat the 14 year old accused black and blue and subsequently dragged him to the residence of the village head (mukhiya) who in his infinite wisdom decided to summon a panchayat comprising of ten supposedly "wise" men belonging to the two neighbouring villages.......
As ordained/pre decided; the khap panchayat comprising of eleven self anointed "elders" assembled at the decided time of 11 am on May 27; 2016 and dispensed so called "punitive and reformative" justice with this seemingly insane and logic defying diktat of putting an end to this "hornet's nest" in the afore mentioned manner and also forbade any resident of the village to involve either the police or then any other legal authority as the involvement of the law enforcement agencies would only serve to "slur and besmirch" the fair and blemishless name of their beloved and revered village......
Conforming to their age old habit and nocturnal tendency of turning a blind eye towards the sordid goings on in the villages falling under their jurisdiction; the senior police officer in charge of the Barhan police thana outrightly denied the occurrence of any such failed rape attempt and brusquely brushed aside all queries and questions pertaining to this law and order related issue by doling out the officious and pernicious excuse about the youth being administered the punishment decided upon by the khap panchayat as he committed the grave sin of stealing standing crops from a fellow villagers fields and was hence duly punished for his hellish sins in a befitting manner.......
Is it any wonder then that the alarmingly spiralling crime statistics pertaining to crimes committed against hapless and defenceless women continue to abate and swell with alarming regularity despite the Supreme Court passing a plethora of laws guaranteed to ensure the safety and security of the nation's long suffering and continually oppressed womenfolk........
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