Anyone who throws acid on someone's face intends to scar them
for life…
Acid which rolls down from 1740, which by 1830's could see its
use as a weapon, where its high usage in the wrong way was weighed as a stain on
the national character of the country.
Throwing acid leaves a person with a disfigured face forever
with surgeries costing them even dearer, for their whole lifetime. We have cases
of acid throw all over the world. Where women are the victims mostly in all, due
to denying advances by male towards them. Some countries have been proactive in
placing laws in the right way making it curb down to minimal, where in many it’s
still a far cry.
Non-industrial sale of acid should be banned altogether. And
even the industrial use needs to be fully accounted for. It is a harmful
chemical and there is no reason it should be lying around in people's homes. Vendors
should have a license to sell acid. That way the government can start
monitoring its sale and purchase.
Acid attack is a cruel and inhumane crime, which calls for
immediate medical treatment to the victim, irrespective of court's decisions.
But, the present laws do not stand sufficient, as many victims are exhausted
with running around courts for years together after having to brave a life-long
health complication because of the chemical injuries they sustain. Along with
specific laws to deal with acid attack cases, there must be a provision for
fast track courts too, where cases are solved within three months or earlier to
this.
For, industrial, commercial and all other purposes, it must be
sold under licensed dealers and its procurement be made possible against
production of suitable identity proof. The physical and psychological trauma
following an acid attack makes life very difficult for the victims. The
government must take steps to rehabilitate acid attack survivors with
counselling and other provisions too.
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