The Juvenile Board’s
decision of sending one of the key accused in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder
case, to a reform house for 3 years, has left overwhelming majority of Indians
outraged. The brutality, with which the victim was violated shook the nation's
conscience, with this juvenile being the most violent of all, according to
media reports. One cannot imagine how the family members of the victim would
feel to first having seen the intense agony one's daughter goes through and
then see the perpetrator go to a reform home for 3 years. In this case, justice
itself becomes casualty as the outcome has been determined not by the merit or
demerit of the case but by a mere technicality.
