State has most minors who fall foul of the law

V Narayan



In November last year, police arrested six juveniles for the gangrape a minor girl in Goregaon. The 16-yearold survivor was gangraped by six of her friends who drugged the girl and gangraped her inside a tunnel in Dindoshi. The juveniles took her to an isolated place before offering her a spiked soft drink and sexually assaulted her while she was unconscious.According to the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) report, Maharashtra has more juveniles in conflict with the law, placing it highest among states with 7,613 cases registered in 2013 against 6,218 the previous year. Moreover, 25% of these cases were thefts, burglary and riots accounted for 15% each, robbery accounted for to 2-3%, while the rest were accused of rape, dacoity , murder, kidnap, cheating and counterfeiting.
A police official from the central suburbs said juvenile remand homes are often breeding grounds for hardened criminals.

Source::: The Times of India, 02.07.2014, p.02,   http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31804&articlexml=State-has-most-minors-who-fall-foul-of-02072014002054