As the anger ran high, people took law into their own hands and decided to punish some rape accused themselves.
A day after four alleged rapists were killed in a police encounter in Hyderabad, with people celebrating the action, a series of protests were witnessed across the country following the death of UP rape survivor who was set ablaze by the accused.
As the anger ran high, people took law into their own hands and decided to punish some rape accused themselves.
In Madhya Pradesh, when a man accused of raping a minor girl was brought to a court in Indore, lawyers present in the premises decided to teach him a lesson.
The accused who was brought to the court for a hearing in the case was thrashed by the lawyers in the court premises.
In another instance in Kerala, a man who was acquitted by a trial court in the Walayar rape and death case of two minor Dalit sisters was thrashed by a group of people following an altercation.
Police said M Madhu has been admitted to the district hospital in Palakkad after being thrashed following an argument with the group near his house.
Police had arrested four people after a girl, 13, was found hanging in her house on January 13, 2017 and her nine-year-old sister died in a similar manner 52 days.
Madhu was acquitted in September this year while three others were acquitted in October.
The state government has filed an appeal in the high court challenging the acquittal.
Earlier on Friday, All four accused in the Hyderabad gangrape and murder case were killed in an encounter by the Telangana Police in in the wee hours of Friday. The Cyberabad Police Commissioner said the accused snatched their weapons and fired on police and hence, in self-defence, the police fired back, in which the accused were killed.
The 26-year-old woman was allegedly raped by four men on November 26. They later set her on fire and dumped her body in Chatanpally, Shadnagar, around 60 km from Hyderabad. Her charred body was recovered a day later by the police, following which the police launched the manhunt and arrested the four accused.
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bobde also pitched in on the debate that has sparked following the encounter of all four accused. Referring to the mixed reactions over the incident, the CJI admitted that it must be considered that the criminal justice system must consider its position and attitude.
"Recent events in the country have sparked off the old debate with new vigour," CJI SA Bobde said, "There is no doubt that the criminal justice system must reconsider its position and attitude towards laxity and the eventual time it takes to dispose of criminal matters."
However, he also said that justice can never be 'instant', nor must it ever take the form of 'revenge'. "I believe justice loses its character of justice if it becomes an act of revenge," the CJI said.
Meanwhile, protests were held across in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi on Saturday following the death of Unnao gangrape survivor.
Opposition parties have slammed Yogi Adityanath' UP government over the case.
The woman was set ablaze by her rapists on Thursday and was airlifted to Delhi for better treatment. Admitted to Safdarjung Hospital in the national capital, she passed away at 11:40 pm on Friday.
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