Mr.Rishi Raj Singh was addressing a group of people at an event in Kochi about women’s safety when he made the statement which provoked such social media reactions/internet trolls & jokes. (Source of his statement is this report "Stare at a woman for more than 14 second and you might be in trouble: Kerala bureaucrat")
********************************************************************************************************************************You must have come across jokes like this today all over the internet, but this is NOT A JOKE AT ALL, please read on....
പതിനാല് സെക്കന്‍ഡ് ആരെങ്കിലും നോക്കിനിന്നതായി പെണ്‍കുട്ടി പരാതിപ്പെട്ടാല്‍ കേസെടുക്കാം; ഋഷിരാജ് സിങ്.. അപ്പോൾ സാറേ ഞങ്ങൾ വായിനോക്കികൾക്കു ചില സംശയങ്ങൾ ഉണ്ട്.... ചോദിക്കട്ടെ... 1, പതിനാലു സെക്കൻഡ് തന്നെ നോക്കിയോ എന്നറിയാനായി പെൺകുട്ടിയും തിരിച്ചു നോക്കുന്നുണ്ടാവില്ലേ? അപ്പൊ കേസ് എങ്ങനെ വരും സാറേ? 2, കോങ്കണ്ണ് ഉള്ളവർക്ക് ഡിസ്കൗണ്ട് ഉണ്ടോ സാറേ? 3, പതിമൂന്നു സെക്കൻഡ് നോക്കിയിട്ടു ഒന്ന് കണ്ണടച്ചിട്ടു വീണ്ടും പതിമൂന്നു സെക്കൻഡ് നോക്കുന്നതിനു കുഴപ്പമുണ്ടോ? അങ്ങനെ ഒരിക്കലും പതിനാലു സെക്കൻഡ് ആകാതെ നോക്കിയാൽ മതിയോ? അപ്പൊ കേസ് എങ്ങനെയാവും സാറേ? 4, കൂളിംഗ് ഗ്ളാസ് വെച്ചു നോക്കുന്നതിനു കുഴപ്പമുണ്ടോ സാറേ? 5, ഇനി മുതൽ പെണ്ണ് കാണാൻ പോകുമ്പോൾ ഓരോ പതിമൂന്നു സെക്കൻഡ് ആകുന്നതിനു മുന്നേ മുന്നറിയിപ്പ് തരാൻ ബ്രോക്കറെ ഏർപ്പെടുത്തുന്നതിന് കുഴപ്പമുണ്ടോ സാറേ? 6, പതിനാലു സെക്കൻഡ് എന്നുള്ളത് മുപ്പതു സെക്കൻഡാക്കി തരാൻ പറ്റുമോ സാറേ...കാരണം ഇന്നത്തെ കാലത്തു ആണോ പെണ്ണോ എന്ന് തിരിച്ചറിയാൻ തന്നെ 5 സെക്കൻഡ് വേണം. ലക്ഷോപലക്ഷം വായിനോക്കികളായ ആണുങ്ങളുടെ ഈ ആശങ്കകൾ ഉടൻ തന്നെ പരിഹരിച്ചു തരണമെന്ന് വിനീതമായി അപേക്ഷിക്കുന്നു...
Rishiraj Singh's statement that if a man stares at a woman for more than 14 seconds he can land in jail, has irked people across the country and has set the Internet buzzing with reactions."- http://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-in-india/keralas-excise-commissioner-states-absurd-14-second-stare-law-and-social-media-is-going-haywire-2978053/ ).
But this is serious stuff actually!.Right now this “crime” of looking/staring at women(in public places, office, transport systems, etc.,.) is already covered in the amended criminal laws related sexual violence against women, vide recommendations by Justice Verma committee(http://www.thehindu.com/news/resources/full-text-of- justice-vermas-report-pdf/ article4339457.ece) .
This is also kind of a the precursor of the proposed "Protection of privacy and dignity of women bill- 2013, Kerala - in short PDWA".
. Excerpt: The state government will put forth a bill demanding death penalty for culprits causing the death of a woman through rape, harassment or other such offences listed in the Indian Penal Code. The draft Kerala Protection of Privacy and Dignity of Women Bill, 2013, will be brought out soon. Even though the state government had taken steps to bring in the law against atrocities on women much earlier, the need for such a law got strengthened in the wake of Delhi gang rape case. Section 5 of the proposed bill states that if a women commits suicide and if its established that soon before her death she was subjected to harassment or that any offences have been committed against her under sections 294 (obscene act in public places); 354 (intention to outrage the modesty of a woman); 375 (rape); or 509 ( gestures, words and so on intended to hurt the dignity of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code, such death shall be deemed to be death caused by harassment unless it is proved otherwise. Section 3 prohibits harassment of women in any place, including cyberspace. The punishment for harassment will be imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than seven years, but may extend to imprisonment for life and with fine. Section 4(b) says punishment for harassment leading to death includes life imprisonment with fine, besides the death penalty, while Section 14 ensures privacy during trial by making it mandatory to hold it in-camera.
Full text of Justice Verma committee report on Amendments to criminal law: http://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-in- india/keralas-excise- commissioner-states-absurd-14- second-stare-law-and-social- media-is-going-haywire- 2978053/
Excerpt from a news item about the proposed PDWA, Kerala bill(full text of the bill is here: http://niyamasabha.org/bills/13kla/published/183-pub-eng. pdf): The state government will put forth a bill demanding death penalty for culprits causing the death of a woman through rape, harassment or other such offences listed in the Indian Penal Code. The draft Kerala Protection of Privacy and Dignity of Women Bill, 2013, will be brought out soon. Even though the state government had taken steps to bring in the law against atrocities on women much earlier, the need for such a law got strengthened in the wake of Delhi gang rape case.
Section 5 of the proposed bill states that if a women commits suicide and if its established that soon before her death she was subjected to harassment or that any offences have been committed against her under Indian penal code sections IPC sec.294 (obscene act in public places); IPC sec.354 (intention to outrage the modesty of a woman); IPC sec.375 (rape); or IPC sec.509 ( gestures, words and so on intended to hurt the dignity of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code, such death shall be deemed to be death caused by harassment unless it is proved otherwise.
Section 3 prohibits harassment of women in any place, including cyberspace. The punishment for harassment will be imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than seven years, but may extend to imprisonment for life and with fine. Section 4(b) says punishment for harassment leading to death includes life imprisonment with fine, besides the death penalty, while Section 14 ensures privacy during trial by making it mandatory to hold it in-camera
Source of Rishi Raj Singh’s statement . Excerpt: Supreme Court lawyer K V Dhananjaya who spoke to India Today about the incident called it a “mindless” statement to make. “There is no such provision in any law of this country and there cannot be such a mindless provision of law in any other country of the world. Period.” ............... Now we know how stupid even Supreme lawyers can be!.... there are already various sections of IPC which covers this "crime"(IPC sections 354 and 509 as explained above) .....it's a set of central criminal laws that the SC lawyer is unaware of!!!...
.....well most us are unaware of this!!!, we better get vigilant and act to protect our rights, our male relatives(including own sons) and friends' rights, else we may find ourselves/our dear ones in such framed and false cases soon!!!.
PPS: It's actually left to the "feeling" or "discretion" of the "victim" of the alleged "#stare rape", so it need not be even 14 seconds!!!..
The text of all these laws and government orders clearly mention this, in addition to this the victim isn't required to submit any evidence with such allegations, the proceedings will happen secretly, media is not allowed report the victim's name, so with nothing to loose this is going to be the next best weapon fit for misuse for wrecking vengeance and for demanding ransoms, etc.,...... So ... enjoy guys... It's show time
Sexual violence against women: related IPC sections
509. Word, gesture or act(even a 1 second look or the absence of a desired look!) intended to insult the modesty of a woman.—Whoever, intending to insult the modesty of any woman, utters any word, makes any sound or gesture, or exhibits any object, intending that such word or sound shall be heard, or that such gesture or object shall be seen, by such woman, or intrudes upon the privacy of such woman, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.
354. Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty.—Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any woman, intending to outrage or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby outrage her modesty, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
267 [294. Obscene acts and songs.—Whoever, to the annoyance of others—
(a) does any obscene act in any public place, or
(b) sings, recites or utters any obscene song, ballad or words, in or near any public place, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine, or with both.]
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