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Changing Facets Of Sexual Offences - An Indian Outlook

D.G. Police, Punjab to the ible and some parents do
B 4. Unnecessary patting book, for outraging her not even hesitate in trad-
R or pinching. modesty. ing the body of their girl

O child for a few worthless
W 5. Leering or ogling at a Immoral trafficking dimes. Inhuman condi-

A woman’s body. tions in Agra Protection
R The Suppression of Im- Home compelled two
D 6. Constant brushing moral Traffic in Women eminent law professors

against a women’s body. and Girls Act, 1956 re- Dr. Upendra Buxi and Dr.
U mains practically in sus- Lotika Sarkar to move

N 7. Demanding sexual pended animation. There the Supreme Court for
I favors accompanied by has been an alarming in- redress. It is on the record
V implied or overt threats crease in trading of wom- of the Supreme Court that

E concerning one’s job, en. A woman can be pur- the inhuman treatment,
R marks, letters of physical chased in the open market mental and physical tor-

S assault. for half the price of a ture, turned 19 of the girls
I buffalo. Ashwini Sarin, an into mental cases. The
T Recently the Hon’ble Su- Indian Express Correspon- protection homes set up

Y preme Court in the matter dent reported the purchase for proper and adequate
of Rupan Deol Bajaj and of Kamla, a mother of six care for homeless and

2 Anr. Vs. K.P.S. Gill and children from the circuit handicapped women seem
0 Anr. 1995 (6) SCC 0194 house for two thousand to have been converted
2 has given directions to rupees only. A large area into centers of torture

0 Chief Judicial Magistrate, of Dholpur provides girls frequented by sex hungry
Chandigarh to take cog- in abundance for sale. The law enforcement and other

nizance upon the police plight of homeless girls in power wielding officials.
report in respect of the protection homes, which
offences under Section are meant for their reha- The nefarious practice of

354 and 509 IPC and try bilitation but where they flesh-trade and sex-exploi-
the case himself in accor- are, treated inhumanly and tation is not confined with-

dance with Law. After a as barterable commodities in the territorial limits of
lapse of almost 8 years, a it pitiable. this country. The case of
lady IAS Officer was suc- Tulsa, a minor Nepali girl

cessful in getting a senior The birth of a girl child is highlights the planned and
police officer no less than still regarded as contempt- well-established practice

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