All Parties’ Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) has urged judiciary to play a “proactive role” while dealing with anti-social elements involved in a heinous crime like rape.
The committee while demanded exemplary punishment to rapists said it was necessary for making society free from evils like rape.
In a statement, APSCC chairman Jagmohan Singh Raina said delay in providing justice to the rape victims over the years has emboldened the people who always “look out to outrage the modesty of girls and women.” Raina said that time has come when the judges have to be more proactive so that justice is delivered on fast track basis.
“The recent Kathua rape incident could have been avoided had the people at helm being sensitive to the delicate issue of women’s chastity in the country,” it said.