A Comparative Analysis Between Times of India And Danik Jagran In Publishing Crime News Stories Related To Women: Post Nirbhaya

Abstract

Even after 75 years of independence Women are still treated as second class citizens. Right to equality is enshrined in our constitution of India. But this equality remains on paper only while women face bias and discrimination everywhere. They are treated as inferior and subordinate by men and society. Not only are they deprived and oppressed, but also ignored in public as well as private world. Thus Women are prohibited from decision making as well as living their lives in the way they want. The legal definition of rape is “sexual” penetration of a person by force and without that persons consent”. About 91% of rape victims are female, while 99% of perpetrators are male. This shows that there is a gender disparity in this crime. Due to the stigma attached to it, rape is vastly not reported in our society. As per the national data, female rape occurs every 22 minutes. Dhananjoy  Chatterjee was one accused who was hanged on 14^th August 2004 for rape in Alipore Central Correctional  Home Kolkata .  The famous Nirbhaya gang rape case took almost seven years and at last the four accused where hanged till death on 20^th March 2020. From year 2004 to 2020 till date more than 4 lakhs rape cases has been reported from different parts of country in various police station.