He also believes it can result in a serious difference to rising number of crimes against women. <img alt="Farhan Akhtar" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/feb/Farhan-Akhtar1.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 441px;" /> &quot;I feel that the fact that cases can go on for so long, emboldens people. I feel the concept of fast-track courts, which really hasn&#39;t come into effect the way we hoped it would... if that can happen, it will probably make a serious difference,&quot; the 39-year-old said here Wednesday. &quot;Right now the rate of conviction is very low and that is because of the process of judiciary moving really slow,&quot; Farhan said in reaction to the recent Mumbai rape case of a photojournalist. Farhan stated that if there is fear of law, it will deter potential criminals from committing crimes. &quot;I think a certain degree of fear factor in the mind of somebody who is a potential offender is important. There has to be respect for law, there also has to be fear that &#39;I will get caught&#39;,&quot; Farhan said. A 22-year-old photojournalist was raped by five men in an abandoned textile mill complex in central Mumbai last week after her male colleague was beaten and tied-up. All five accused have been arrested.

Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar, who launched the Men Against Rape and Discrimination (MARD) campaign earlier this year, believes that the concept of fast-track courts must live up to its name, thereby granting speedy justice to victims of rape

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