No sympathy for rapists: HC

Courts should not show “sympathy” towards rapists who have ruined the lives of young girls to satisfy their lust,the Delhi High Court has said,cautioning that letting them off can encourage others to commit such offences.

Upholding the seven-year jail term to a man for abducting and raping a 14-year-old,Justice P K Bhasin said,“If the courts start getting sympathetic towards persons who commit such serious offences and spoil the lives of young girls for the satisfaction of their sexual lust,more and more persons having such tendencies would get encouraged and more and more young girls would become their prey.”

The court’s observation came while dismissing an appeal filed by Razzi Ahmed against a trial court order sentencing him to seven years in jail in the 12-year-old case.