Witch Hunting Still Very Active In This Century Though Scientific Temper Reached Its Pinnacle : Orissa HC Calls For Uniform Law [Read Order]
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Witch Hunting Still Very Active In This Century Though Scientific Temper Reached Its Pinnacle : Orissa HC Calls For Uniform Law [Read Order]

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Taking note of the prevalence of the inhuman and barbaric practice of witch-hunting in the State of Orissa, the Orissa High Court has recently observed that witch craft, that has been in practice across culture, religion and territory "bares the terrible face of the so-called civilized society of human being and that the uneducated and economically weaker sections end up being the soft targets of this practice". It may be noted that superstition-bound witch-hunting violence has a long history in the State of Orissa as noted by the Supreme Court in Dasrath Gand v. State of Orissa and continues to rear its ugly head in Odisha despite the State government enacting 'Prevention of Witch Hunting Act in 2013' to put to an end the abhorrent practice. In order to pull out the "evil spirit", the main accused Rame Murmu along with his wife Mahi Murmu, elder son Sukul Murmu, his wife Sita Murmu and younger son Narasingha Murmu tied the hands and legs of the deceased and started assaulting her by means of Trident, crowbar and iron rod. Significantly, the court said that "India represents an unfortunate paradox with a projected upward growth curve and a population mired in superstition to rationalize bad events".

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