19-YEAR-OLD GOT DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPING INFANT UNDER THE NEW AMENDMENTS TO THE CRIMINAL LAWS (RAJASTHAN AMENDMENT) BILL, 2018

A lower court in Rajasthan awarded death sentence to a 19-year-old youth for raping a seven-month-old child 73 days ago, making it the first such sentence in the state under the new amendments to the Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Bill, 2018, the minimum punishment for raping girls below 12 years of age is 14 years in prison, while convicted accused could even be given the death penalty.

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CABINET APPROVED BILL SEEKING DEATH FOR RAPE OF GIRLS BELOW 12 YEARS AND TABLE BILL IN THE MONSOON SESSION OF PARLIAMENT

The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2018 which provides for stringent punishment, including death penalty for those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years, has been approved by the Union Cabinet paving the way for its introduction in the monsoon session of parliament. According to the bill, the minimum punishment for rape of a girl below 12 years will be 20 years of imprisonment extendable to life in prison or death sentence, in case of rape of a girl under 16 years, the minimum punishment has been increased survivors of from 10 years to 20 years, extendable to life imprisonment, which means jail term till the convict’s natural life.

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SUPREME COURT ASKED PARLIAMENT TO BRING IN SPECIAL LAW AGAINST LYNCHING

The Supreme Court condemned that the recent spate of lynchings as horrendous acts of mobocracy and told the Parliament to make lynching a separate offence. The court made this observation while hearing pleas seeking directions to formulate guidelines to curb vigilantism. The court also passed a slew of directions to be implemented by the States and Central government to ensure that law and order is maintained and people are prevented from taking the law into their hands.

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PERSONS WHO THREATENS LAWYERS MAY FACE SEVEN YEARS JAIL TERM: SOON BILL BY MADHYA PRADESH GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT LAWYERS

The Madhya Pradesh state cabinet gave its approval to the Advocates Protection Act. Under this Act, a person accused of exerting undue pressure on a lawyer or obstructing their work would lead to seven years of jail with provisions of fine up to Rs. 10,000. The government is preparing to bring an Ordinance to implement this Act soon. The government will present the bill in the monsoon session of the Assembly.

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SUPREME COURT REJECTED REVIEW PETITION OF THREE CONVICTS IN NIRBHAYA GANGRAPE CASE AND UPHELD THE DEATH SENTENCE

The Supreme Court uphold the death penalty of three convicts in a gang rape-cum-murder of a medical student inside a moving bus in Delhi in 2012, and rejected the review petitions of three of the four condemned convicts seeking review of the apex court’s ruling of  May 2017 decision to award death penalty to all four.

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IF THERE IS NO PREVIOUS ANIMOSITY OR MOTIVE TO KILL, IT’S NOT MURDER: HYDERABAD HIGH COURT

The Hyderabad High Court said that if there is no previous animosity or intention or motive for the accused to kill a person, the courts will scale down the offence to the one under Section 304 Part I (punishment for causing death by negligence) and not the one of murder under Section 302 IPC (punishment for murder), and altered life imprisonment for the offences punishable under Sections 302 and 498-A of IPC given by the Sessions Judge to the one under Section 304 Part-I IPC, and sentenced the appellant to rigorous imprisonment for a period of 10 years. The verdict came after the accused approached the High challenging the judgment of the Mahila Sessions Judge, Vijayawada.

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POLICE ARRESTED A PERSON FOR DUPING 25 MEMBERS ON PRETEXT OF PROVIDING GOVERNMENT JOBS

Hyderabad Police had registered a case against a person identified as Premsagar for forging the signature of CM’s special secretary in issuing fake employment letters. Having found that the accused has cheated over 25 persons and collected a sum of over Rs 1 crore from his victims, the case has been transferred to Central Crime Station (CCS) for further investigation. According to police, Premsagar issued job offer letters to his victims for jobs as junior assistant in Revenue department.

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POLICE ARRESTED HYDERABAD CITY-BASED CRIMINAL GANG FOR DUPING NRI WITH RS 60 CRORE WORTH ‘FAKE BITCOINS’

The Cyberabad cyber-crime cell arrested four fraudsters for duping an NRI techie to the tune of Rs 35 lakh on the pretext of providing huge loans to buy a plot of industrial land. According to the police, the suspect transferred ‘Bitcoins’ worth Rs 60 crore into the victim’s wallet which were later found to be fake. Police recovered Rs 9 lakh cash, four mobile phones and a laptop from their possession.

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