I second your thoughts George Sir. The act on Sexual Harassment also talks on the same lines.
-----Original Message----- From: Ai [mailto:ai-boun...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in] On Behalf Of George Abraham via Ai Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 5:16 PM To: 'Share, empower &Enrich' Cc: George Abraham Subject: Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday: Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman Just to make a small observation: 1. Even if a husband forces himself on his wife if the wife is not willing, in my understanding it amounts to rape. Strange as it may sound. 2. Even if two adults are having regular sex for two years if the guy forces himself on the woman when she is not willing, it is rape. Lawyers on the list could check this out! George -----Original Message----- From: Ai [mailto:ai-boun...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in] On Behalf Of bhawani shankar verma via Ai Sent: 26 July 2017 16:31 To: Share, empower &Enrich Cc: bhawani shankar verma Subject: Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday: Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman right prateek, how can a consensus sex be converted to rape? if that widow was not agreed on her first encounter, why she did not go to police after first encounter? she was waiting far 2 years to trap that man? unfortunately, men have to suffer in india due to these gender biased laws. -----Original Message----- From: prateek aggarwal via Ai Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 3:51 PM To: Share, empower &Enrich Cc: prateek aggarwal Subject: Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday: Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman The widow went in a guest house with the boy to have sexual relationship by her will and continued going on repeated basis. How can this be even called rape is the question. @Avinash, I agree that the silver lining is that women knocked the door of court and found a favorable judgement, but I believe that this can further de-motivate men to have sexual relationship with women, even if the women are consenting to do so. Who would want to get into troubles like this, even after having done sex with consent of the woman afterall. The judgement would strengthen the opinion that blind women are not quite sexual being, which is already a prevalent belief in the society. This is truly illogical and one-sided in my opinion. Unfortunate. Regards, Prateek agarwal. On 7/26/17, avinash shahi via Ai <ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> wrote: > The surviver in the under discussion order is a widow; this fact and > her precarious circumstance may have led the judge to pronounce such a > harsh punishment. He however can approach the higher judiciary. As a > silver lining, There are very few blind women who knock the door of > the courts when their bodily integrity is violated. This particular > order should deter blind men in particular to not take blind women for > granted and for a ride. > On 7/26/17, Arjun Malhotra via Ai <ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> > wrote: >> Wasn't there a Supreme Court Judgment recently on educated women and >> promise of marriage. Why not apply that yardstick in this case as >> well. >> >> On 7/26/17, Rahul Kelapure via Ai >> <ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> >> wrote: >>> Agree with Prateek. Here I also see a strainge attitude of the Judge >>> to justify high punishment to the convict as the girl is blind and >>> he took advantage of her helplessness as she was blind. >>> >>> While techniclly it could be rape but how many would Court award 10 >>> years riggerous jail for this kind of matter in so called normal >>> cases? >>> >>> I think, Judge has gone overboard while pronouncing the sentence. >>> >>> This is like two extreme sides of attitude for disabled where on one >>> hand they will have extremely symphethy or they will have abselute >>> indiference or hatred for disabled. >>> >>> If She was so clear that, she would want to have sex only after >>> marage then first marry and then do whatever. There are many matters >>> where everything is consensual but when things do not go as per the >>> expectation, slap with rape charges. >>> >>> Strainge. >>> >>> I am sure, this will not stand the scrutiny in the higher court. I >>> don't know how well the defence fought the matter. >>> >>> On 7/26/17, prateek aggarwal via Ai >>> <ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> >>> wrote: >>>> While questioning court's decision is a crime itself in india, >>>> isn't this unfair to punish man while the repeated sexual >>>> relationships were established in mutual consensus of both the partners? >>>> As both of them had sex multiple times since 2015, how can this be >>>> even called rape on the first place? >>>> Yes the news suggests that the man has promised marriage and on >>>> that pretext this sexual relationship was established, but things >>>> may happen in the course of 2 years that may force a person to not >>>> marry other. That does not definitely take the fact away that the >>>> sex happened with the consent of girl. >>>> Promises like these are not documented here in india. >>>> Personally, I feel that the laws are sometimes being miss used by >>>> females, like it has been in this context. This is unfortunate. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Prateek agarwal. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 7/26/17, Ajay Minocha via Ai >>>> <ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> >>>> wrote: >>>>> A very welcome judgement! >>>>> >>>>> On 7/26/17, avinash shahi via Ai >>>>> <ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> http://www.hindustantimes.com/gurgaon/gurgaon-blind-banker-gets-1 >>>>>> 0-year-jail-for-raping-blind-woman/story-xQAJGpWmso2ioCesDHV2UM.h >>>>>> tml >>>>>> >>>>>> A Gurgaon district court on Monday awarded 10 years rigorous >>>>>> imprisonment to a blind man, a trainee probationary officer at a >>>>>> public sector bank, who was found guilty of raping a 33-year-old >>>>>> blind widow repeatedly on the pretext of marriage. >>>>>> >>>>>> The court also imposed a penalty on convict Saurabh Kapoor, 35, >>>>>> who was convicted of rape under Section 376 of the IPC. >>>>>> >>>>>> Additional Sessions Judge Rajni Yadav, while pronouncing the >>>>>> quantum of sentence, said that given the inhumanity of the act, >>>>>> it was required to impose upon the convict substantive and stern >>>>>> sentence that would commensurate with the gravity of the offence >>>>>> and also serve as an example to others. >>>>>> >>>>>> It is to be noted that since both the victim and the accused were >>>>>> blind, the court had relied upon ‘voice identification’ that >>>>>> helped the woman to identify Kapoor, a resident of Mayur Vihar in Delhi. >>>>>> >>>>>> On the pretext of meeting an advocate, Kapoor had taken the >>>>>> victim on May 30, 2015, to a guest house in Gurgaon and raped her >>>>>> there for the first time. He later continued to abuse her, promising >>>>>> marriage. >>>>>> >>>>>> The victim, who has an eight-year-old daughter, worked in a >>>>>> private company in 2015, when the incident happened. She is >>>>>> currently unemployed. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Public prosecutor Arvind Sharma said that the convict tried to >>>>>> seek leniency from the court on account of his blindness. >>>>>> >>>>>> “The accused also argued that he is a government servant and >>>>>> highly qualified, but all these arguments were rejected by the >>>>>> court, which awarded him 10 years of imprisonment,” said Sharma, >>>>>> adding that the court has imposed a penalty of Rs 10,000, out of >>>>>> which Rs 8,000 would go to the victim. The remaining Rs 2000 >>>>>> would go to the state. If the accused fail to pay the fine, he >>>>>> will face one more year of imprisonment. >>>>>> >>>>>> The judge, in her order, also stated that undue sympathy to >>>>>> impose inadequate sentence to the accused would do more harm as >>>>>> it will undermine the public confidence. >>>>>> >>>>>> “Keeping in view the offence committed by the convict, I am not >>>>>> inclined to take a lenient view against him and release him on >>>>>> probation. He has raped a young woman who was helpless, >>>>>> defenceless, vulnerable and an easy prey who trusted the convict >>>>>> so much that she surrendered herself to him. He used, violated >>>>>> and exploited her body,” >>>>>> the court said. >>>>>> >>>>>> District attorney Lal Singh Yadav said the court has given a >>>>>> strong message to the society. “The convict had sexually >>>>>> exploited the victim on the pretext of marriage,” he said. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Avinash Shahi >>>>>> Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU >>>>>> Disclaimer: >>>>>> 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the >>>>>> thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates >>>>>> itself to its veracity; >>>>>> >>>>>> 2. 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