"JUSTICE WILL NOT BE SERVED UNTIL THOSE WHO ARE
UNAFFECTED ARE AS OUTRAGED AS THOSE WHO ARE" BENJAMIN
FRANKLIN.
INTRODUCTION
In a recent report by an award winning journalist, Ms. Priyanka
Dubey1, observed that our country was known as one of
the world's most dangerous for women where it is estimated that
a woman is raped every fifteen minutes, out of which 99% of the
rapes go unreported.2 We may be developing or achieving
developmental landmarks, but much is desired in the spheres of law
and order.
AMENDMENTS IN LAW
Pursuant to the horrific Nirbhaya3 incident, many
issues came under the lens and various amendments were brought out
in the Criminal laws of India in the year 20134. The
Criminal Law Amendment Act of 2013 came into the picture which is
popularly called Nirbhaya Act. This Act made substantive changes in
the definition of 'rape' under the Indian Penal Code, 1860
("IPC"), wherein section 375 was widened to include acts
other than forcible
