“The probability that one actor within a social relationship will be in a position to carry out his own will despite resistance”
Every individual have power, a person whose state of mind is unified with power gets coercive and from there on a feeling of supremacy over society is felt. Proof to this is the widespread evil is the custodial rape in our society. And due to this we are lead to conclusion that the power relation of the society is unequal. This unequal power connection in the public eye guarantees the shaping of a financial progressive system where one individual at a higher position uses his position to abuse a person at lower position. In case of custodial rape we will see that not only the position is used to commit the crime but also likewise has a direction on the police examinations also.
CUSTODIAL RAPE
“Custodial rape can be defined as “rape perpetrated in any state-owned institution by a state agent”” . The society we live in today has been dominated by men, and therefore leading to the formation of a Patriarchal society which is the main reason of custodial rape. The women and children are defined under the ‘weaker’ section of the society. The men dominate over them by harassing, assaulting and by using such words which are similar to …show more content…
Adjusted for population growth over time, the annual rape rate in India has increased from 1.9 to 2.0 per 100,000 people over 2008-2012 period.” And by this data we can conclude that even though there are number of severe punishment for the rape still it is increasing. This shows that the majority of government official are also a part of this crime. As the person who commits the crimes are public servant and they get acquitted very easily without any punishment, by the help of these government