A New Law Against Rape In INDIA - Going Viral Check This Out by Himanshu Goel

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I Was Surfing Over The Web About The Topic I Read Everywhere Which Is Spreading Viral, Which States That The Girls Have Right To Harm Anyone For Her Safety If Suspected For Rape And So On. It Is Also Mentioned Along With That Content That This Law Is Passed Under The IPC Section 233, Which Is Absolutely False. As IPC Section 233 States For ‘Making Or Selling Instrument For Counterfeiting Coins’! So Finally, I Came Over The Result And Found Out Somewhere What Actually Is Going On As Follows :-

In the aftermath of the Delhi Gang-rape, there is an internet post which is going viral in social networking sites which claims that a new law has been passed and that now a woman can kill a man if he is attempting to rape her and she won’t be punished for it. According to the post this law is under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) 233. Most people are intrigued about the authenticity of this post. The fact is, the post is partially true, but with a lot of incorrect details. First of all, this is not a new law. Secondly, the law has nothing to do with IPC 233 which is related to ‘making or selling instrument for counterfeiting coins’! The IPC section which deals with rape and punishment for rape are IPC 375 and IPC 376 respectively. The current post actually relates to the laws of private defense which includes IPC 96 to IPC 106. The main IPC sections concerned here are IPC 100 that relates to ‘the right of private defense of the body which extends to causing death’ and IPC 106 that relates to ‘the right of private defense against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to an innocent person’. In February 2012, a woman in Madurai was left free, on grounds of self defense. She was forced to murder her husband when he attempted to rape their daughter. He collapsed as she hit him with a cricket bat and was later declared dead at the hospital. The police released her on the strength of IPC 100 relating to private defense.

The law says that anything done in private defense is not an offence. Every person has a right to defend his own body, and the body of any other person, against any offence affecting the human body. But the law also explains acts against which there is no right of private defense. This section suggests that there is no right of private defense against an act which does not cause death or grievous hurt. Also, there is no right of private defense in cases where there is time to approach the public authorities for help.

The law also says that the harm inflicted in self-defense should not be more than what is legitimately necessary for the purpose of defense. In the case of Deo Narain Vs. The State of U.P. (11 December 1972), there was a clash between the parties of the accused and the complainant over the possession of a certain land. Under the circumstances, the accused inflicted a fatal spear injury on the chest of the deceased. While the trial Court acquitted all the accused on the basis that they were exercising their right of private defense, the High Court held that the accused exceeded his right of private defense since he had used his spear with greater force than was necessary for defending himself. The court observed that he had inflicted a fatal injury while he himself had only received a superficial lathi blow on his head, and convicted him for the offense.

Thus the so called ‘new law’ isn’t just for women and it isn’t an anti-rape law. It is a law for private defense which has always existed. The recent ‘post’, though not completely true, exposes some of the laws that already exist in our judicial system which most of us are not fully aware of. But this definitely doesn’t mean that a woman can carry a knife with her everywhere and stab someone who passes rude comments on her and be protected by law. So all you women out there, the law doesn’t give you complete freedom to kill all those men who are troubling you. It’s true that you’d love to, but sorry, you can’t. And all the men out there can now breathe a sigh of relief. No they cannot kill you for money, revenge or simply for fun and then get away with it!

Sources : http://www.yentha.com/news/view/4/a-new-law-against-rape

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Himanshu Goel