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'Humiliation, taboo deterring women from filing cases of

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Press Trust of India Jammu
Last Updated : Jan 31 2015 | 9:55 PM IST
Women victims of sexual crimes are not coming out in open to file cases as they have to go through a lot of humiliation, a judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court said today.
"The women victims have to go through sheer humiliation due to which they don't come out in open to narrate case. There are taboos attached to this particular crime against women," said Justice K Kannan during a function on 'crime against women' in Jammu today.
He said that the role of medical and forensic teams would be equally important for the proper investigation, as it can lead to timely justice.

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First Published: Jan 31 2015 | 9:55 PM IST

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