New Delhi: Failure of live-in relationship or young adults acting immaturely by getting into commitments that end up in break-ups are among major reasons for increase in rape cases, the Delhi High Court has observed.
A bench of Justice Kailash Gambhir and Justice Sunita Gupta in a recently-delivered order said that boys and girls have to be very careful and cautious before taking such an important decision concerning their lives and entering into the most sanctimonious relationship of marriage or even a live-in relationship.
The court said, one of the major reasons contributing to increase in the rape cases is a failure of live-in relationship or any immature decision on the part of such young adults which more often end up in a broken relationship but sometimes after indulging into physical relationship.
The court observation came while upholding life term awarded to four members of a family, including the girl’s father, for killing her lover in October 2006 as they did not approve of their relationship. The incident took place in Uttam Nagar area of west Delhi.
In its order made available Thursday, the court found that convicts Ravi Kumar, Sanjay, Karamvir and Raj Kumar are brothers of the girl, who were aggrieved by the conduct of Kuldeep as he was having an affair with her which affected their family reputation.
The court said that the precious life of Kuldeep perhaps would not have met such a tragic end and the accused perhaps would not have suffered the severity of punishment of life imprisonment had
They acted in a sensible and mature manner with due patience, tolerance and understanding to resolve the things instead of taking the law in their own hands.
The trial court on June 6, 2011, had awarded life term to all the four after holding them guilty of murder.
Bureau Report
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