Find out why just 3pc of cases in women, children’s court reach sentencing: CJ

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain yesterday said the only 3 percent of all cases filed under Women and Children Repression Prevention Act proceed to the stage of sentencing by the special court system established to deal effectively with such cases, reports UNB.

Attending a discussion as chief guest at the Supreme Court premises, he said "We have to find out why the percentage is so shot, and hold a workshop if necessary."

"If a rape case proceeds in an orderly manner, there is almost no scope for the accused to escape justice," he said.

"Rape is a much bigger case which possesses severe sentence, it is the state's responsibility to operate the case and accumulate all the information regarding the crime and present them before the court," he said.

In stressing the state's responsibility to prosecute rape cases, the CJ may have been alluding to a disturbing tendency whereby as a case is moving through the backlogged system, the families of the victim and the accused negotiate a settlement, often involving the marriage of the victim, who drops charges against the perpetrator, killing the case cold.

"Before alleging that rapists are being freed, we have to find out the malware in the case operating process," he added.

In the daylong meeting, Senior Judge of Appellate Division Justice Mohammad Iman Ali was special guest.

 

Find out why just 3pc of cases in women, childrens court reach sentencing: CJ

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain yesterday said the only 3 percent of all cases filed under Women and Children Repression Prevention Act proceed to the stage of sentencing by the special court system established to deal effectively with such cases, reports UNB. Attending a discussion as chief guest at the Supreme Court premises, he said We have to find out why the percentage is so shot, and hold a workshop if necessary. If a rape case proceeds in an orderly manner, there is almost no scope for the accused to escape justice, he said. Rape is a much bigger case which possesses severe sentence, it is the states responsibility to operate the case and accumulate all the information regarding the crime and present them before the court, he said. In stressing the states responsibility to prosecute rape cases, the CJ may have been alluding to a disturbing tendency whereby as a case is moving through the backlogged system, the families of the victim and the accused negotiate a settlement, often involving the marriage of the victim, who drops charges against the perpetrator, killing the case cold. Before alleging that rapists are being freed, we have to find out the malware in the case operating process, he added. In the daylong meeting, Senior Judge of Appellate Division Justice Mohammad Iman Ali was special guest.