Crimes against women

 

Violence against women and girls is defined as any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women and girls, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.

What are the crimes on women?

It includes rape, sexual assault, insult to modesty, kidnapping, abduction, cruelty by intimate partner or relatives, trafficking, persecution for dowry, dowry deaths and all other crimes listed in Indian Penal Code.

Data of crimes against women:-

Looking on the above provided data we can see that the ratio of crimes are getting increased day by day.  

Husband And Domestic Violence:

Cruelty refers to sexually, physically or mentally abuse of a person. Dowry is also a one of the main reasons in India.

The objective is to protect a woman who is being harassed by her husband or relatives of husband. The act of harassment would amount to cruelty for the purpose of this section. Relatives include father, mother, husband, son, daughter, brother, sister, nephew, niece, grandson or grand-daughter of an individual or the spouse of any person. The meaning of word relative would depend upon the nature of the statute. It principally includes a person related by blood, marriage or adoption.

Every third women in India suffers sexual, physical violence at home. According to the survey, 27% of women experienced physical violence since the age of 15 in India. This experience of physical violence among woman is more common in rural areas than among women in urban areas.

Rape:

Rape is the fourth most common crime against women in India.[1][2] According to the 2021 annual report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 31,677 rape cases were registered across the country, or an average of 86 cases daily, a rise from 2020 with 28,046 cases, while in 2019, 32,033 cases were registered.[3] Of the total 31,677 rape cases, 28,147(nearly 89%) of the rapes were committed by persons known to the victim.

What is the act for crime against women?

The law (Section 354 IPC) makes it a special crime to use force against a woman, or even threaten to use force, if the intention is to 'outrage her modesty'. It treats it more seriously than normal and criminal force by allowing the police to make arrests for such crimes without a warrant.