INDEED, there should be no bail for child molesters. However, for whatever reason, incidents of child molestation and rape are increasing rather than decreasing because of the laxity of law enforcement officials, despite the severe and punitive legislation recently enacted through the militancy of Human Services and Social Security Minister, Priya Manickchand.
Battery and abuse in many forms are perpetrated on a daily basis on the most vulnerable persons in society, especially women and children, with no surcease in sight.
Indeed, the appalling rate of spousal murders, many of which occur after the victim has reportedly had her pleas for help from authorities ignored, are an indictment on the society itself, because governmental structures cannot function optimally if the society is prepared to condone operational laxity; and unions that only care about the monies they receive every month to enable their fat cat lifestyles, which encourages them to defend, and encourage unprofessional and amoral, even immoral behaviour and negligence from their members, as in the Neesa Gopaul case, and the statutory rape committed against students, where sanction of teachers  brought down the ire of the GTU head on the Ministry.
Many persons who are poor and powerless cannot access justice in any shape or form, despite the legislations passed. Sheema Mangar and Deokie Pooran are cases in point, where two very young daughters of poor families lost their lives at the hands of persons who broke the law, who are today still alive and free to commit further crimes. The tears of the victims’ loved ones cannot melt the hearts of the law enforcers.
The law enforcement and justice systems are failing such victims, and another primary case that comes to mind is one in which a young girl was drugged, taken to a house, and had all sorts of atrocities committed on her before being locked in by the high-profile perpetrator and his girlfriend. The naked victim climbed through a window where she hung precariously before being spotted by a passerby and was rescued. What ensued was a highly-publicized case of abduction, rape, and sodomy.
To my horror, mere months after, that perpetrator, who has a very powerful father and is distinguishable in public on his own account, was hosting public events and is walking free to this day.
One wonders if the authorities even care about the anguish and grave distress of the victims and their families; because in the instances related above, as happens as a norm rather than an exception, the law enforcers seem not to care about the poor, powerless, voiceless and vulnerable.
The powerful and monied can easily purchase and subvert justice in this country; and the jail proliferates with many innocent victims, while many real criminals walk the streets, free to continue the depredations on the real victims of society.
Within a week recently two cases of student molestation by teachers have surfaced in the media, but this is only the tip of the iceberg, and there have been many cases where teachers who have been accused are allowed to remain on the job without the requisite protective mechanisms being put in place to ensure the safety of students.
Unless and until strong measures are taken to enforce the laws of the land, the rapists, abusers, and child molesters will continue to prey on their victims with impunity.