It is sufficient if the offender pays compensation to the victim, i.e. the husband or the father of such a girl against whom the rape is committed. That was the pathetic situation prevailed in those days. After 1937, the woman was vested with a limited interest in holding any property, that means she can enjoy the property in any manner she likes during her lifetime, and after that, the property reverses back to the male heir. Only in 1956, the woman was vested with an equal property right as that of the male concerning self-earned property. In 1989, the Tamil Nadu government brought an amendment thereby a woman is vested with the equal property right, whether it happens to be the self-earned property or ancestral property. Moreover, it took more than 16 years for the Government of India to bring such an Act which is applicable all over India.

The offence of rape is the gravest intrusion into the privacy of a woman. Her body is holy Temple, and if anybody invades her body, that is going to be the gravest offence like that of a Murder. This book on “Police investigation - Rape” deals with the development of rape laws, the punishments provided in those days, and the necessity for bringing so many amendments concerning rape laws, especially after the Nirbhaya case in 2013 and Kathua rape case in 2018.

This book elaborately deals with receiving complaints from rape victim without violating her privacy and human rights, registration of cases under appropriate sections of the law, conducting an effective investigation by observing all the legal and latest scientific techniques for apprehending and connecting the accused with the crime and ensuring conviction with a time-bound investigation and trial. The checklist provided in this book and the landmark judgements declared by the various High Courts and Supreme Court will be of immense help to those who are connected with the enforcement of laws. This book will be a benchmark and more of a ‘Vade Mecum’ to all the Law enforcing authorities.