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2015 Supreme(Mad) 3627

N.KIRUBAKARAN
In Re: State – Appellant
Versus
. – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the Defendant : A.P. Balasubramanian

ORDER :

N. Kirubakaran, J.

1. "Castrate Child Abusers" Blood curdling, horrific, sadistic, terrifying, shocking, cruel and brutal gang rapes of toddlers in New Delhi, in October, 2015 would definitely justify this Court to suggest "castration" as an additional punishment for "child abusers", especially, "child rapists". This Court could foresee that the suggestion of "castration" would be surely condemned, censured and criticised as "barbaric, punitive, draconian, cruel, retrograde, stone aged, cannibalistic, inhuman, etc." Inspite of many penal laws and the recent POSCO Act, 2012 prescribing severe punishment for crimes against children, the number of such cases has increased from 38,172 in 2012 to 58,224 in 2013 and to 89,423 in 2014. When law is ineffective and incapable of addressing the menace, this Court cannot keep its hands folded and remain a silent spectator, unmoved and oblivious to the recent happenings of horrible blood curdling gang rapes of children in various parts of India. It would not only be injustice done to the child abuse victims, but would also amount to


































































































































































































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