301.038 : RRG proposed changes in laws to reduce rapes (19-Dec-2011) No.017

December 19, 2011

301.038 : RRG proposed changes in laws to reduce rapes

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38.1 Technical means

1. Right to Recall Deputy-Commissioner for crimes against women :  Every district must have a Deputy Police Commissioner (or DySP) in-charge of crimes against women and women in the district should have right to recall that DyCP or DySP . Only an anti-woman activist will oppose this proposal.
2. Right to Recall Lower Court, High Court and Supreme Court judges in-charge of crimes against women :  Every district must have 3 judges in-charge of crimes against women, and women of district should have right to recall them. Same at High Court and Supreme Court levels.
3. National DNA database : Building database of DNA of all males will be useful in tracking down rape suspects with lower costs and speedily. The fear that you will get tracked down speedily will deter criminals from committing rapes
4. Putting cameras at as many public places as possible :  By putting as many cameras as possible, we can reduce rapes as well as molestations such as at bus stands, inside buses and other crowded public places.
5. Providing voice linked equipment with panic button to every women : Every women can be given an equipment which cannot be turned off (unless broken), and the equipment will send the voice around her continuously to some control station. Further, the equipment can have panic button which when pressed will send panic signal to near by cell phone towers as well as police stations. The location can be obtained using known technical methods. This will enable the policemen to locate woman who is being victimized at earliest.
6. Providing guns to women :  Women should be allowed to keep guns and other weapons with them. And they should be trained to use these weapons etc.
7. Increased use of Narco tests :  To prove or disprove whether rape was committed.

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38.2    Proposed laws in rape related laws – Truth Serum tests

I propose following changes in prosecuting rape cases :

1. All rape cases will be tried by Jury and Jury only. The Jury will consists of 25 citizens between 35 years and 55 years of age chosen at random from the district, and at least 13 will be women.
2. If the accused wants or 13 out of 25 Jurors deem necessary to have truth serum test on the accused, then the investigating officer will conduct truth serum test on the accused.
3. If complainer wants, then and then only, then the investigating officers will conduct truth serum test on the complainer. The complainer will not be asked to take truth serum test against her will.
4. If over 18 out of 25 Jurors permit live telecast of truth serum test on accused, and test will be telecast live. The test of the complainer will be telecast live only if the complainer approves.

The truth serum test is must is case of rape trials as either party may lie, and evidences often fail to prove use of force or threat. The existing laws require permission of judge for truth serum test and since judges may not give permission, the aggressors often walks away. So decision of truth serum test should be left to Jurors. The existing law that female’s testimony be taken as final word is flawed and should be replaced with compulsory truth serum test. The technical means and use of truth serum tests will create a powerful deterrent in reducing rapes in India.