India, Dec. 23 -- Undoubtedly, the heinous "Nirbhaya" incident of December 16, 2012 in which a 23-year-old physiotherapy intern was sexually assaulted in the most brutal manner by 5 men in a moving bus and later abandoned on a Delhi road shocked the conscience of the nation. However, thanks to the nationwide protests that followed, many amendments have been made in the criminal law like redefining the ambit of offences, providing for effective and speedy investigation/trial.
But even after such changes, contrary to expectations, all the 4 surviving rapists (the main accused Ram Singh ended his life by hanging in his Tihar jail prison cell in 2013) are yet to face the gallows till date for a plethora of reasons.
With the accused trying var...