Editor, Goemkarponn
AERIAL VIEW
Fake rape cases are on the rise around the country and the reasons women choose to charge men with this gruesome act range from bizarre to plain evil!
A trend among women filing false rape cases was also exposed with the Delhi Commission of Women (DCW) revealing shocking statistics showing that 53.2% of the rape cases filed were found ‘false’.
In Rajasthan, Director General of Police (DGP) Umesh Mishra on said that 41 per cent of rape cases registered in the state are false. “It is noteworthy that out of the total cases of rape registered in our state, 41 per cent are found to be false,” he said.
The spectre of false allegations of rape also affected considerably the formulation and application of the legal theory.
SURAJ NANDREKAR
Editor, Goemkarponn
A shocking racket has been unearthed by the Goa Police with regards the fake rape cases filed by girls, who were lured for money.
The inquiry was initiated following the dismantling of an inter-state scheme by the Goa police, led by two women from Gujarat, who employed the intimidation of false rape allegations as a means to extort money, the report said.
These individuals would initially approach clients with the guise of offering escort services, subsequently resorting to blackmail by threatening to accuse them of rape unless payment was made.
According to the report, they were successful in filing rape First Information Reports (FIRs) against some of their victims.
To date, two women have been arrested in various locations across the country, and they have initiated the filing of two separate rape cases—one in Gujarat and another in Goa.
Fake rape cases are on the rise around the country and the reasons women choose to charge men with this gruesome act range from bizarre to plain evil!
A trend among women filing false rape cases was also exposed with the Delhi Commission of Women (DCW) revealing shocking statistics showing that 53.2% of the rape cases filed were found ‘false’.
In Rajasthan, Director General of Police (DGP) Umesh Mishra on said that 41 per cent of rape cases registered in the state are false. “It is noteworthy that out of the total cases of rape registered in our state, 41 per cent are found to be false,” he said.
The spectre of false allegations of rape also affected considerably the formulation and application of the legal theory.
In cases of sexual offences such as corroboration notice, preservation of the domestic harassment immunity, fear of fake claims are used to excuse proof laws to seek to manipulate police and prosecutors’ decisions.
This increasing hazard, which can harm society’s fabric and abuse of law for different purposes, needs to be regulated early.
It is perhaps shocking, therefore, that although the problem of false allegations continues to be relevant in handling the treatment of rape by the criminal court system, the credibility of facts surrounding the prevalence of false allegations has not gained much consideration.
In the debates on regulation rape law and related judicial change, the review of false accusations should also be included in discussions.
The first explanation is that it seems to be commonly held that falsified accusations of rape are widespread and readily produced by women who are revengeful or desperate seeking media attention high amount of falsified allegations.
Second, wrong or untrustworthy conclusions on unfounded allegations are inadequate grounds for designing adequate legislative responses to abuse.
In reality, legal experts, body law initiatives and stakeholders have suggested or dismissed change steps focused on unscrewed perceptions about the prevalence of false accusations.
Assumptions of the uniformity of unfounded accusations have led to demands for techniques for violation and other sexual offences to be implemented to judge the authenticity of claims.
Finally, false accusations enhance the likelihood of failures of justice; detract from real victims and may lead to the development of harmful (and unjustifiable) mistrust within competent criminal justice practitioners with respect to all infringement allegations of rape.
