Manipur, Oct. 1 -- A savage sentence is an anathema to the civilized jurisprudence of Article 21 of the Constitution of India.

Introduction

Of late the call for awarding death sentence to the offenders who have committed rape and murder of children and women is in limelight in the state. In recent years, crimes against women are also on the rise. These crimes are an affront to the human dignity of the society. Various civil society organisations have opined that the heinous crimes perpetrated against children and women must be meted out with befitting punishment. There are demands that death sentence be awarded to all horrendous, barbaric and superlative crimes especially which involve kidnapping, rape and cold blooded murder of tender ...