LIVE! Mulayam protests death for rape accused: Boys make mistakes

April 10, 2014 16:40

At a time when women's security is a key issue in every single party manifesto, SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav said today that he does not support the death sentence for rape victims. "Boys make mistakes, if we come to power, we will change the law," he said. "Rape ke liye phaansi dena galat hai. Ladkon se galti ho jaati hai, hum satta mein aaye to kanoon mein badlav karenge."

Three men found guilty of gang-raping two women in the abandoned Shakti Mills in Mumbai last year were sentenced to death by a court last week.

The men were convicted under a new legal provision (Sec 370 E of the IPC) that punishes repeat offenders in rape cases with a life term or death sentence.

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