Stricter law for Rape: What is the govt got to gain?

Thanks to facebook, any and all of the social issues are these days more lively and get the attention they deserve. The issue of a stricter law for crime against women is one such burning issue these days. Severe protests were carried on all around the nation and for understandable reasons. Women in India grow up facing eve-teasing and harassment in other forms and accept it as a part and parcel of life. Most of them have assumed the convenient path of - "ignorance" is bliss -  to tackle the issue. This is a real shame and needs to change.

Although, among this whole web of arguments, allegations and revolts I fail to appreciate something. What is the government got to gain by not having a stricter law ? We have been constantly accusing the government of wrong-doings against those protesting in the Delhi. We accuse the police of mishandling the protesters. We have constantly accused the ministers of not being sensitive towards the issue. But what is personal gain a police-man could have by beating the protester. Is he getting Rs 1000 or something per protestor he uses his stick on. All I understand is he has to be pretty strong to stand against people whom he actually supports but is duty-bound to contain them. I can understand why the ministers would like to quell the protests against a stronger Lokpal. I can understand why they would like subdue anything against FDI. But why this time ? Do the prospective rapists have an arrangement with the government to give them leniency and in return they vote Congress next time?  I just fail to understand why would government oppose this ? In-fact the government should be happy that they now have a reason to counter the human right activists, formulate a stricter law and take credit for it in the next poles. And if this is the case, who really is to blame for the water canons and the tear gas and the lathi charge going on in the center.

Can anybody help ?