Although bride-burning or bride-hanging in our country, the act is brutal and barbaric. Bride killing is certainly barbaric. The court said” crimes against women are not ordinary crimes committed in fit of anger or for property, they are social crimes. They disrupt the entire social fabric. Hence, they call for harsh punishment. Unfortunately what is happening in our society is that out of lust for money people are often demanding dowry and after extracting as much money as they can they kill the wife and marry again and then again they commit the murder of their wife for the same purpose. This is because of total commercialization of our society, and lust of money which induces people to commit murder of the wife. The time has come when we have to stamp out this evil from our society, with an iron hand.
The court again said’ the hallmark of healthy society is the respect it shows to women. Indian society has become a sick society. This is evident from the large number of cases coming up in court, in which young women are being killed by their husbands or by their in-laws by pouring kerosene on them and setting them on fire or by hanging them. What is the level of civilization of a society in which a large number of women are treated in this horrendous and barbaric manner?
Prof. John Kurakar
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