8 Years After Nirbhaya Case, Rape Conviction Rate Remains Abysmal in India
8 Years After Nirbhaya Case, Rape Conviction Rate Remains Abysmal in India Aakanksha Khajuria (IANS) 2 Eight years after the Nirbhaya case of gang-rape and murder of a physiotherapy student shook the conscience of the nation and led to hanging of four rapists earlier this year, the conviction rate in rape cases still remains abysmal despite stringent anti-rape laws in place. As per the recent National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, the conviction rate for rape cases remained at 27.8 per cent in 2019. Out of a total of 1,62,741 rape cases which went to trial in 2019, the court convict...
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