Minister for women and child development Maneka Gandhi on Sunday favoured treating juveniles accused of heinous crimes like rape on par with adult offenders.<br /><br />Speaking to reporters here, she said according to the police, 50% of all sexual crimes were committed by "16-year-olds who know the Juvenile Justice Act so they can do it."<br /><br />"But now for premeditated murder, rape, if we bring them into the purview of the adult world, then it will scare them," she said.<br />Former WCD minister Krishna Tirath during the previous UPA regime had proposed that juveniles above 16 years guilty of heinous crimes be treated on par with adult offenders.<br /><br />The move was however opposed by various NGOs and National Commission of Protection of Child Rights which stated that such a proposal was against child rights.<br /><br /><br /><br />For More information on this news visit : http://www.newsx.com/<br />Connect with us on Social platform at : http://www.facebook.com/newsxonline<br />Subscribe to our YouTube Channel : http://www.youtube.com/newsxlive
