Will hanging rapists stop rape cases? AUTHOR : Robin Sharma 2 nd Year, B.A. LL.B. Student at Indore Institute of Law, Indore. EDITOR: Kaushik Das Student at National Law University Odisha, Cuttack, Odisha. After the increment in rape cases, the whole population of India is demanding for the hanging of rapists. Even in the Parliament honorable members of Rajya Sabha have demanded for lynching of the accused, in particular the Rajya Sabha member Jaya Bachchan did so in full public view in the session of the house. This raises a question that will incidents of rape cases in India start falling less if perpetrators(accused) are allowed to be lynched instantly by mobs? Such comments may help release the collective frustration of an outraged society and satiate the anger, but it unwillingly also encourages us to disrespect law. Social media is filled with statuses asking the rapists in the Hyderabad case to be hanged. Such outrage though also stops ...