This is really sad that no woman in India is safe now- whether the girl is of 5 months of age or a woman of 50 years of age. Every day there is a new news about a girl being raped which flashes on news channel and news websites. Seeing all these things several people demand death penalty for criminals who commit rapes on innocent girls. On Saturday the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved an ordinance to allow courts to pronounce the death penalty to those convicted of raping minors.
In the wake of an increase in incidents of rape of minors, the cabinet had on Saturday approved a number of measures to amend the POCSO Act.
On Sunday Indian President Ram Nath Kovind has approved the ordinance to strengthen the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences(POCSO) Act.
The criminal law amendment ordinance seeks to amend the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Evidence Act, the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act to introduce a new provision to sentence convicts of such crimes to death.
The criminal law amendment ordinance seeks to amend the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Evidence Act, the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act to introduce a new provision to sentence convicts of such crimes to death.
Death Penalty for the rape of Minors
The ordinance seeks the death penalty for rapists of girls below 12 years of age. It serves severe punishment for perpetrators of rape particularly of girls below 16 years.
The minimum punishment in case of rape of women has been increased from the imprisonment of 7 to 10 years, extendable to life imprisonment.
In case of rape of a girl under 16 years, minimum punishment has been increased from 10 to 20 years, which can be extended to life imprisonment.
The punishment for the gang-rape of a girl
The punishment for the gang-rape of a girl under 16 years will be imprisonment for the rest of the life.
The cabinet said that the accused would be sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment or death for raping a minor. The cabinet also decided to put in place several measures for speedy probe and trial of such cases. It has also provided for a six-month time limit for disposal of appeals in rape cases.
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