In view of increasing sexual crimes against women and children, the state government Haryana has decided to withdraw all government facilities to them including every type of social pensions, scholarships and arms licences. According to National Crime Record Bureau, nearly 27% increase in crimes against women has been witnessed in past one year in the state. According to information, 3658 crime cases against females have been recorded in the state in past one year, which include 1716 rape cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POSCO) Act during the year. According to state police record 772 cases of raping minors were reported in year 2019 which increased to 883 in year 2020 as such in view of fast increasing crimes against females Haryana state government id going to introduce six fast track courts in the state to punish the accused.
The crimes against women include rape, attempt to rape, sexual harassment, disrobing, stalking, eve-teasing, trafficking and exploitation and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act According to senior a senior government functionary the new domain — hrycrime-wc-gov.com being started from Panchkula district on a pilot basis and would be replicated across the state in due course of time.He said that the data of the accused against whom charges had been framed in a court for a crime against women and children would be fed on the said domain from various stakeholder departments, including the police and prosecution, besides will be liable for suspend all facilities being offered by the government immediately after the filing of a chargesheet against the accused. On the basis of the data, the Social Justice, Empowerment, Welfare of SCs and BCs and Antyodaya (SEWA) Departments would immediately suspend benefits, including pension. Similarly, the School Eduation, Higher Education, Technical Education and Industrial Training departments would take necessary action for the suspension of scholarships of the accused. Besides, district attorneys would upload the data of chargeshccused.
