Women are an important part of our society. Every woman has her own job or duty in
this modern society in which men are unfortunately still the ‘strongest gender’, we can’t
forget that a woman’s life is a lot more complicated than a man’s life. A woman has to
take care of her own personal life and if she is a mother, she has to take care also of her
children´s lives too. Worse still, if she is married, additional stress can be on her
shoulders. Yet they will still perform very well in the work environment in some cases
better than their male counterparts.
“Violence against women is a manifestation of
historically unequal power relations between men and women, which have led to
domination over and discrimination against women by men and to the prevention
of the full advancement of women.”
As per the provision of “Prevention of Offences (by Acids) Act 2008,(National Commission
for Woman – Draft Bill)” constitute the definition of Acid Attacks and Acid.
According to Section 3 of said Act –
“(a) “Acid” shall mean and includes any substance which has thecharacter of
acidic or corrosive or burning nature that is capable of causing bodily injuries
leading to scars or disfigurement or temporary or permanent disability.
(b) “Acid attack” means any act of throwing acid or using acid in any form on the
victim with the intention of or with knowledge that such person is likely to cause
to the other person Permanent or partial damage or deformity or disfiguration to
any part of the body of such person.”
Throwing acid leads to disfigurement of various body parts like face, vision loss, hand, chin, cheeks, death, etc. It comes under heinous crime. And its punishment is given under section 326A and 326B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. This section was added by Criminal law(amendment act), 2013. Section 326A and 326B were added to Indian Penal Code by the case, Laxmi Agarwal vs. Union Of India. Because of this case, acid sale was regulated and compensation was given to the victim.
There is a movie based on the real story of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal i.e. Chhapaak. This movie was released on 10th january, 2020. Deepika Padukone played the role of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal.
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