Better late than never

In what could be seen as a move in the right direction at the time of growing inhumanity with minors, especially girl children, the Haryana  government has cleared the way for a capital punishment for raping a girl child. Last week, the Haryana assembly unanimously passed the bill against the brutalization of minors in the state. 

Though,  the recent step appears to be in line with better late than never, as it should have been taken earlier provided the steep rise in the rape cases in the state. The latest law in Haryana will pave the way for a capital punishment to the convict for raping a girl child with 12 years of age or less. There is also the provision of minimum two years and maximum seven years of imprisonment for molesting or stalking the minors with less than twelve years of age. 

The imprisonment, in special cases, is expandable up to fourteen years or life imprisonment. Haryana, now, has become the third state having such a stern law for rape cases, following Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.