New Delhi: An important bill trying to provide punishment of death to those convicted of minor girls below the age of 12 was discussed by the Lok Sabha today.
Following an outcry over the brutal rape and murder of a minor girl in Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir and the brutal rape of another woman at Unnao in Uttar Pradesh, the bill was introduced seeking to replace the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance promulgated on April 21.
Most of the Lok Sabha’s members welcomed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2018 and some of the Opposition objected to the government adopting the ordinance route to enact the law.
Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju, while moving the bill for consideration and passage, said that the stringent law was introduced with the aim of providing safety to minor girls.
The rape and gang rape incidents of girls below the age of 12 years has shaken the conscience of the entire nation, he said.
Therefore, rape and gang rape offenses of women under the age of 12-16 years needs effective deterrence by providing legal provisions of more stringent punishment, he said.
The bill introduces strict punishment for those who commit rape, especially in cases in which girls under the age 12 years are raped. Death sentence has been stipulated for those who rape girls under the age of 12 years.
In cases, in which women are raped, the minimum punishment has been changed from the imprisonment of seven to 10 years and it is extendable to life imprisonment.
As per the provisions in the bill, if any girl under 16 years is raped, the minimum punishment has been increased from past 10 years to now 20 years. And this clause also contains “extendable to imprisonment for rest of life that means jail term till the convict’s natural life.
The punishment for the gang rape of any girl below the age of 16 years will be definitely imprisonment for the rest of life of the convict.
For rape of a girl under the age 12 years, stringent punishment has been provided with the minimum jail term stipulated to be 20 years which may further go up to life in prison or death sentence. The gang rape of a girl under 12 years of age will attract punishment of jail term for the rest of life or death.
The amendment also provides for a speedy investigation and trial. The time limit is given for all investigation of all cases of rape which has to be mandatorily completed within two months.
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