Just watched an interesting debate on whether, in cases of heinous crimes, the threshold age for 'juveniles' be lowered from 18 years to 16 years. There were some interesting arguments that were put forward by the panelists. Statistics, which indicated that there has been a sharp rise in the crimes committed by juveniles, were discussed during the debate. Apparently, all this hulla-gulla has started after Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Maneka Gandhi, called for tweaking of the legal definition of juvenility. I completely disagree with her!!!
In cases of heinous crimes like rape and terrorism, I firmly believe that the debate should not be on '18 years or 16 years?'. Rather, the debate should be on '2 bullets on the chest or 1 bullet on the head?'. Irrespective of the convict's age, gender, religion, cast or creed.
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