Allow castration of child rapists: Madras HC tells Centre

October 26, 2015 09:07

The Centre has been asked to consider castration as punishment for child abusers and rapists, in a strongly-worded order of the Madras high court released on Sunday. "The court cannot be a silent spectator, unmoved and oblivious of the horrible blood curdling gang-rapes of children in various parts of India," the court said.

Justice N Kirubakaran, who passed the order, said crimes against children are rising despite the stringent law, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. "The court is sure the castration of child rapists will fetch magical results," said the judge.

Between 2012 and 2014, the number of these crimes has increased from 38,172 to 89,423. "The law is ineffective and incapable of addressing the menace," he said.

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