On June 2, the Constitutional Council recommended Krishnaman Pradhan, who was accused of sexually abusing a married woman working in his office, as the Election Commissioner. Despite the serious allegations of sexual abuse, Pradhan was unanimously recommended by the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Speaker of the National Assembly, the Deputy Speaker and the leader of the main opposition party for the constitutional post of Election Commissioner.

The meeting with the heads of the three main branches of the state, the executive, the judiciary and the legislature, while appointing the president, not only ignored this allegation, but also disregarded the provision written in the constitution that requires high moral character for appointment .

Meanwhile, it has been confirmed that the Commissioner Samar Pradhan has given money to the woman who was sexually exploited in the Kathmandu District Court and made a 'case settlement'.

After being recommended to the Prime Minister, this case came out only after the victim woman reached the parliamentary hearing committee to file a complaint. Eligibility has been determined to be a person of high moral character to be appointed to a constitutional body. The parliamentary hearing special committee has not been able to decide whether to approve Pradhan as commissioner or cancel it after the serious matter came to the surface.

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The then judge of Kapilvastu Bhuvan Giri was found guilty in the case of marital rape. Giri was found guilty by the Kathmandu court on May 13 on the charge of "marital rape" against his wife who was in the process of divorce.

District court initially released him on bail, but the district's order was upheld by the high court. However, reversing the order of the district and higher, the Supreme Court ordered Giri to be sent to prison on March 21. Before that, the victim's wife was unable to reach a legal battle against Judge Giri. The victim finally won the legal battle against the husband who was involved in the crime, sometimes the police did not take the complaint, sometimes the judge Giri's tujuk was brutalizing her.

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The Lalitpur District Court found businessman Sushil Chatout guilty on 079 Chait 18 and sentenced him to 18 years and 1 month imprisonment for the charge of forcing a minor under his protection for 3 years . The district court also decided to pay compensation of 8 lakh rupees to the rape victim from the convict. The Patan High Court acquitted Chatout on May 1. Sangita Thokar of District Public Prosecutor's Office, Lalitpur, who prosecuted Chatout in the rape case, was 'prosecuted' at that time. Then suspiciously, he was suddenly transferred to Hetaunda . However, Chatout was found guilty by the district . After that the Chataut side went higher . Even though there are scientific facts/evidences including health tests, the acquittal given to Chatout is also under controversy.

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A case was filed in the Kathmandu court against the then Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara on charges of sexually abusing an employee working in the Parliament Secretariat. In the same case, the speaker was arrested from his residence in October 2076. A case of coercion was filed against him who was forced to resign after being charged with a serious crime in the district court. Later, he won this case.

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The captain of the national cricket team, Sandeep Lamichhane, was also found guilty by the District Court of Kathmandu in the rape charge. Sandeep, who went to the Patan High Court against it, was acquitted of the charges against him. After that, many people predicted that the victim would go to the Supreme Court. However, the victim filed a petition in the Supreme Court only a few days ago saying that she would not go to the Supreme Court against Sandeep. When a victim files an application for a serious crime charge like rape, it cannot be stopped from going to the public prosecutor's office for an appeal, but why the victim came now and filed an application not to go for an appeal has become a 'mystery'.  These few facts above

reveal the fact that at what level people are involved in serious crimes like rape and sexual exploitation and how strong the victim is to get justice . The issue of getting justice for the victim has become more complicated as it takes a high-ranking person of the state to protect the accused.

The law provides for severe punishment for those involved in a heinous crime like rape. However, in some crimes, under the guise of power, power and money, there is a tendency to compel the victim to reconcile internally, to change the statement, and under the guise of blocking the natural edge of the case in the middle, there is also a tendency for the guilty to be exempted from legal punishment .

The statistics of the Nepal Police for the last 8 years also show a terrible picture of rape incidents. According to the data of 2073/74 to 2080/81, police records show that 16,960 people were raped across the country. Similarly, it seems that 5 thousand 105 people were raped during this period. Even though complaints related to rape and attempted rape are filed with the police, many perpetrators remain outside the scope of action. Police officials say that some of the cases related to the complaint are absconding and others are in the court process. According to the police head office, in the year 2073/74, 1 thousand 131 people were raped and 536 people were attempted rape.

In the year 2074/75, it is mentioned that 1,480 rapes and 727 attempted rapes took place. In the year 2075/76, 2 thousand 292 were raped and 786 were attempted rapes, in the year 2076/77, 2 thousand 181 were raped and 687 were attempted to be raped, in the year 2077/78, 2 thousand 609 were raped and 736 attempted rapes, 2 thousand 380 rapes and 655 attempted rapes in FY 078/79, 2 thousand 387 rapes and 518 attempted rapes in FY 079/80 and FY 2080/ In 1981, 2,507 rapes and 460 attempted rapes have been reported to the police.

In section 219 of the Civil Code, 2074, severe punishment has been provided for rape convicts. However, looking at the crime statistics registered with the police, the statistics related to rape incidents look scary. The law stipulates that rape of a girl under 10 years of age, a disabled woman, a disabled woman or a woman over 70 years of age will be punishable by life imprisonment . Rape of 10 to 14 year olds is punishable by 18 to 20 years in prison, 12 to 14 years in prison for rape of 14 to 16 year old girls, 10 to 12 years in prison for raping 16 to 18 year olds and 7 to 10 years in prison for raping those over 18 years of age&nbsp ; In addition, there is a provision of imprisonment for up to 5 years if the wife is forced even in a marital relationship. Even though the law has strict punishments against the perpetrators, there has been no reduction in crime.

Mohana Ansari, a former member of the National Human Rights Commission and a rights activist, commented that the statistics of rape and attempted rape are very alarming, but the state machinery is divided to bring those involved in such crimes to justice. "According to the police records, rape victims and attempted rape cases are scary. It is a matter of victims coming for legal treatment to endure injustice and crime," Ansari told Kantipur. There is a situation where the victim has to face obstacles for justice from his family, society, the state and the perpetrator, and how can the victim get justice with confidence? She said that the situation will be created.

DIG Dan Bahadur Karki, the spokesperson of Nepal Police, says that the share of rape and sexual violence crimes in the total number of complaints registered in the police is scary. "Rape and related offenses are serious criminal offenses in themselves, the police are always active in bringing those involved in such crimes to justice and bringing justice to the victims,"  Spokesperson Karki said, 'It is also necessary to study why such crimes are increasing.'

Karki pointed out 5 reasons behind the increase in rape cases. "The decline in morals, materialism in education, indulgence in behavior, the so-called "folkaz" from within the family to cover up the crime, and the tendency of the victim to bear the crime themselves are challenges in controlling rape crimes," he said, "We are forgetting moral and social education . In the name of materialism, morals and social character have been left behind . The result of that started to reflect in heinous crimes like rape. Karki asked the victims not to tolerate the family and relatives involved in such crimes.