Hyderabad: Rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in the Saidabad area on September 9 has caused widespread anger on social media.
But in their spirit to support the families of the victims, many people gave the girl’s identity, which was a clear violation of the direction of the Supreme Court.
On December 11, 2018, the Supreme Court has banned revealing the identity of rape victims, even after their death.
“No one can print or publish in print, electronic, social, etc.
The names of victims or even remotely reveal the fact that can cause victims to be identified and those who have to make their identity known to be public in general,” read the sequence of benches headed by the bench headed by Madan Justice B Lurch.
Nonetheless, anger against the perpetrators had caused netizens not only to share their names, but also gory images and video incidents.
A number of politicians also share videos where they can be seen visiting underage relatives in their homes.
“This is not the first time the identity of rape victims has been disclosed on social media so shamelessly” said Khaja Aijazuddin, a Telangana High Court lawyer, who has submitted a petition for the Islamic content on social media.
“In this case, incidentally underage and this is more important for people to sensitive.
The lawyer added that revealing the identity of the victim achieving criminal violations and the cyber crime police not only had this post deleted but also asked for accountability to circulate the girl’s identity.
Posts who are looking for justice for victims have remeet, preferred and shared by thousands of netizens, increasing their reach for the past few days.
Some of the tags using the names of victims had triggered protests, but also violated the law.
“Section 74 of the Youth Justice Act forbidden Disclosure of children’s identity, “said Dhanasiri Prakash, Secretary General of the Child Rights Protection Forum.” Not only the responsibility of the police and the media but also a great person to understand the provisions in which children must be protected.
Someone must handle such cases with extreme sensitivity, “Prakash added.
(The identity of the victim has not been revealed to protect his privacy in accordance with the charges of the Supreme Court about cases related to sexual violence)