Byomakesha Tripathy has travelled a long way to pioneer “The Purusha Commission” with redoubled energy, fiery passion, dogged determination for administering justice and fair play to the lacerated hearts, tormented souls of the male members of the society. He finds treachery in their purity and beggary in the love of women and wonders how many innocent Romeos have had been duped by coquettish Juliets only to lament behind the four walls of the prison.
The age-old adoration for women in our society as glorified by Manu, “Gods dwell their where women are worshipped” no longer holds water in this era of fallen idols, vanished ideals, ruined temples and broken lyres; where rank consumerism have thrown our past value system to bay. That’s why the establishment of an institution like The Purusha Commission has become indispensable for protection of the needy and helpless male members of our society.
Penury sealed Tripathy’s all ways through his heydays. He resorted to auto-rickshaw driving to support his education. In 2004, he bagged the National Red and White Bravery Award, and in 2007 he was crowned with the President Award. In 2008, he got the International Youth Award and in 2009 he received the Rajiv Gandhi Rashtriya Gaurav Award. He had also got an invitation from the Japan Government for world tour in 2008.
In an interview to The Pioneer, Tripathy spoke to Sugyan Choudhury from his office at Chandrasekharpur.
What prompted you to envisage such a concept like The Purusha CommissionIJ Will you explain the purposeIJ
We come across innumerable incidents where men are made to bear the brunt. They are tortured, tormented and often at the receiving end. As a practising lawyer, I have seen many cases where innocent male persons had to suffer. The concept of equality of status as embodied in the Constitution becomes meaningless in reality when all the laws are weighted in favour of the fair sex. The popular belief that a woman is needy and helpless should now be changed. It is in reality that many men are needy and helpless before the draconian laws. This is high time the prevalent idea needed to be thoroughly changed.
What is your opinion regarding the sections of laws which are being twisted in favour of womenIJ
With great respect to the Constitution of India and the lawmakers, I should say that when they made the law, they thought probably that women are the weaker sections in our society. laws are manmade and are not given by God. Thus, the lawmakers intended to benefit women with charity to all and malice to none; but in course of time, the same laws have been exploited to the benefit of women at the cost of their male counterparts. Such provisions are Sections 498 A, 493, 497, 364, 376 DV Act, IPC which are being misutilised by women. This is not my opinion but the opinion of the Hon’ble Supreme Court.
Could you give some glaring examples of male torture by womenIJ
I have umpteen examples by my side to sustain and substantiate my viewpoints. On 19th January, 2015, the Delhi High Court has pronounced a judgement that any complainant lady will be prosecuted under law if charges brought by her u/s 376 IPC will be proved wrong. In Bhubaneswar on 14th January, an esteemed advocate lalit Das was attacked by two lady snatchers who after committing their habitual snatching, threatened the advocate to get him arrested by instituting a false and fabricated case u/s 354. The advocate managed the situation which is deemed fit of him and got the two women arrested by the police. On 13th June, 2014 in loisingha block in village Ghantabahala, a lady named Jharana Sahu had beaten her husband Gurubari Sahu to death in broad daylight. In a case, an accused in Keonjhar court attempted to commit suicide in the presence of judges because of his conviction. The State Mahila Commission has registered and solved 112 women harassment cases in 2002, 168 in 2003, 190 in 2004, 52 in 2005, 199 in 2008, 2 in 2009. Since 2009, The Mahila Commission has not registered any male harassment case so far, which proves that a Purusha Commission is indispensable for protection of the rights of the helpless and defenceless men.
Now that the reality has been known to the courts, which sections do you think need reviewIJ
I think all the sections of the Women Protection Act are being misutilised. They are Section 376 dealing with rape charges, 354 assault, 397 adultery, 493, 498 A and DV Act. All these have been misutilised. This is not my opinion but the opinion of the apex court, High Courts and of lower courts. In such a scenario, the idea of a Purusha Commission is imperative.
Do you think that The Purusha Commission will gain Government recognition like its counterpart Mahila CommissionIJ
Certainly, the Purusha Commission will have Government recognition as a matter of right. When there is a Child Commission, a “SC/ST Commission, a Minority Commission, a Mahila Commission, a labour Commission in India, why cannot there be a Purusha CommissionIJ If men and women are having equal rights, can the Government tell me where the male citizen will file his complaint in a forum like the Mahila Commission if a Purusha Commission is not available to himIJ Think for a moment that if you are a doctor, an engineer, an advocate, a police officer, a journalist or an IAS officer or a politician, you are immediately put behind the bars on the pretext of a complaint filed by your wife or a woman, and once the judgement comes after five or 10 years, will the society be able to return your lost dignityIJ You are already a lost person, lost to your family, to your society, lost your job, left only to lamenting. I am sure with a consequent Government sanction behind The Purusha Commission an ideal forum for men will be established for ends of justice and fair play.
Do you have any outrageous act of women torture perpetrated against menIJ
I have many tell-tale evidences of women torture done against men. Just now, I received a message that one Kahnucharan Prusty, who was once upon a time a roaring businessman and who has six children all educated and some employed, was neglected and left to the streets. Prusty was rescued by some social activists in Sambalpur and admitted to the Burla Hospital where he succumbed to his disease. A criminal case should have been filed against his wife and six children by now, had there been a Purusha Commission. Prusty belongs to the Kanthapada PS area of Baleswar district.
I have to narrate before you the poignant story of pathos of a 28-year-old handsome young doctor, Rahul Sharma, of Jatni area who was tortured by his wife Dipika, sister-in-law Guddi and brother-in-law Kundan Sharma. The suicidal note of the victim points the finger of accusation at wife Dipika as the chief architect behind this gruesome tragedy. We have registered cases against them and we shall follow it to its logical conclusion.
One more burning example is the story of Jeetendra Patra of the Sixth Battalion, Odisha, who committed suicide from his AK 47 rifle at Hinjilikatu, his home area, being betrayed by his girlfriend. It was the day of 1st January 2015. The only answer against such heap of feminine abuse is establishment of a Purusha Commission at the earliest by both the State and Central Governments.