OBJECTIVE
Creating Awarness regarding
crime of Mob Lynching as a
critical violation of Human rights
and not a dutiful thing.
Mob Lynching
About The Article
The Dark Side Of Social media &
With evident of role of social media, had a
myriad impact in the country where online
Implementation of Anti-Lynching Laws in the Indian Legal System
rumors have resulted in several people being
lynched in India. When the people take law
into their own hands it can be fatal for the
victim who is in threat of their lives. Incidents
of lynching is the result of technology, where
Cell phones are used to spread rumors. A new
form of primitive propaganda is manufactured
to forge a collective majoritarian identity.
Religiously charged mobs have become active
in dispensing vigilante justice. They are
running amok throughout the country.
Lynching has been a frequent occurrence.
There is silence too from the courts. Law has
taken a backseat. The present article deals with
the role of what’s app forwarded messages as
a technological tool for spreading fake news
and cause mob lynching in the country.
An Emerging Trend Among Indians
“ It may be true that the law canot make a man love me, but it can keep him from
lyching me, and I think that’s preety important” – Martin Luther King
The origin of the word ‘lynch’ is said to have With more than 200 million users, India is
originated during the American Revolution WhatsApp biggest market. Its users forward
phrased as ‘Lynch Law’ which is a cruel harsh more messages, photo and videos, than any
Punishment without trial. The term or other country in the world. But the service is
word ‘lynch’ or ‘lynch law’ has also providing an unfiltered
been derived from two #NOT IN MY NAME
platform for fake news and
Americans known as Charles A protest demonstration religious hatred. The other
Lynch and William Lynch. across the country by factor that has fuelled violence
During 1782, Charles Lynch
citizens against incidents against strangers across the
had wrote that the ‘Loyalist’ or
country is social media. More
of lynching of Muslims
‘Tories’ who were supporters of than a dozen people have been
British side were provided Lynch Lawsand to Dalits.
killed across India since May in violence
deal with the ‘Negroes’. fuelled primarily by fake social media
According to English dictionary, lynch means messages Mob attacks and vigilantism are on
to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob the rise in India, with social media playing a
action and without legal authority. In other role in spreading malicious rumours. In some
words, lynching is an unlawful murder by an cases, fake videos showing children being
angry mob of people. It has been analysed that abducted from streets have gone viral,
the lynching or public disorder spiked up instigating locals to target any stranger, or
from 5% to over 20%. someone who cannot speak their language.
The advent of social media networks in
modern nation-states has led to what some
 Reasons of mob lynching
and cases
Caste
Dimapur, Nagaland Lynching-
2015
#A person was accused of rape, A
group of angry mob entered into the
jail where he was arrested and
lynched him. The person who
committed rape was Syed Farid
Khan, who was a muslim whereas
the girl who was raped was from
Hindu backround. This could also
be included in Religious and
communal reasoning of lynching.
Response
While the information technology ministry has
asked WhatsApp to take immediate action against
the spread of misinformation, the company has
expressed its inability to tackle the problem on its
own. However, it has put in place some measures
to curb the spread of false information. The
company has said that it will limit how many times
messages can be forwarded in India. Groups on
WhatsApp can have a maximum of 256 people.
Under the new rules a single person would be able
to forward one message only five times.7
WhatsApp also intends to remove in India the quick
forward button placed next to media messages.
Whether these steps can curb the spread of false
information remain to be seen.
Religious and communal
Tughlagabagh Haryana Lynching –
June 2017
# 3 Muslim brothers were travelling
on the train from Tughlagabagh to
Ballabhgarb. The brothers were mob
lynched by the members in the train
becauses of suspicion of carrying
beef along with them. One of the
brother died named Junaid and the
other brothers survived multiple
stabs.
Anti-Lynching Laws
MASUKA bill- ‘Manav Suraksha Kanoon’
(MASUKA) – National Campaign against
Mob Lynching The current laws for mob
lynching which were expressed before
aren't sufficient to make a strict
obligation. The current laws don't
characterize lynching as a sort of
offense. There is a need of particular
definition under the Indian Penal Code.
Cases are recorded with respect to mob
lynching however absence of speed in
preliminaries prompt long
postponements in judgment, MASUKA
charge constitutes fast preliminaries as
well and not just quick preliminaries.
The lawful support of this bill will repay
the casualties and help in recovery of
groups of the casualty. The bill will
characterize lynching as an offense and
furthermore manage the purpose for
start of aim of the mob to lynch.
Advantages of MASUKA:
Rehabilitation of victim’s family
Compensation provided to victim’s
family & Speedy justice by set up of
special courts
Protection of witness- Protection of
Identity of witnesses to the lynching &
others.
Responsibility of mob lynching
Other
Kherlanji Massacre-2006, September
#Due to land disputes, where around 50
villagers entered forcefully into the
house and lynched the family comprising
4 daughters. The act was so gruesome
that females of the family i.e. wife and
daughter were paraded naked in the
whole village. Later on murdered them.
One of the first cases of Lynching filed in
India.
In India after Independence there has been a
contention amongst Hindus and Muslims,
and greater part of mob lynching cases are
gotten from 'dairy animals butcher'
occasions or even a doubts prompts mob
lynching. Frivolous issues prompt mob
lynching where innocents are caught and are
denied of their right. Henceforth, keeping in
mind the end goal to defend the basic ideal to
life under Article 21 under Indian
Constitution and alongside it keeping up
essential standards of constitutions state in
the Preamble. A law ought to be passed
which will rebuff the mobs who lynch, at last
nobody has a privilege to bring law into their
hands & people should not blindly believe on
the rumours, especially shared through
social media, taking justice in their own
hands. They should understand there duties
well as eing a citizen of country and act in
prevention of such crimes.