Comparison Of Rape Investigations In Wales And India

This chapter will continue to compare rape investigations in England and Wales and India as well as the contrast of women’s position in society in both countries. The focal point of the chapter stems from the initial point of argument, which is based around the case study of Jyoti Singh.

A 23-year-old Delhi based physiotherapy student was gang raped on a moving bus on December 16 in Munirka close to South Delhi. The incident took place when the victim along with a male friend had entered a private bus where the victim was gang raped and tortured by six men including the driver who were already present in the bus . The six men also hit the male friend on the head throwing him outside the bus and pulling the victim to the rear end of the bus where she was raped by 6 six men which including juvenile accused too. This incident created a lot of outrage in India and

After the victim was gang-raped, she was brutally injured by these six men and eventually after a life struggle of almost fifteen days, she died due to her severe injuries. The six men were arrested and charged with the offence of gang rape, sexual assault and murder. However, one accused killed himself inside the jail and the other accused who was a juvenile offender was sentenced to three years of imprisonment in the reform facility. The remaining accused was sentenced to death by hanging. On appeal, the higher court upheld the guilty verdict by the lower courts along with the death sentence. As the sexual assault incidents have rapidly increased in India, a committee was set to discuss appropriate ways to amend the laws relating the investigation and prosecution, which takes place in a sexual assault cases. The procedural part of