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.
TIMES OF INDIA NEWSPAPER
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