CRIMINAL LAW (AMENDMENT BILL) - 2018

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Recently in Monsoon Session, Rajya Sabha has passed the  Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2018 to provide death penalty to those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years.
to provide death penalty to those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years...

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 The bill was passed in the Lok Sabha last month and on Monday(6th August 2018) it was unanimously passed in Rajya Sabha by voice vote.
WHAT IS CRIMINAL LAW (AMENDMENT) BILL 2018
  • In April 2018, Union government promulgated the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance providing for the death penalty for the rape of girls below age 12.
  • Recently the Ordinance has been replaced by the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2018.
  • The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2018 will amend relevant Sections of the IPC, CrPC and also POCSO Act.
  • The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2018 enhances the minimum sentence for offence of rape against girl children of all three age categories ( 0-12, 12-16, 16-18).
  • Under new law, if the victim is under 12 years of age, the culprit faces minimum sentence of 20 years, up from 10 years previously and the maximum punishment is death penalty. 
 
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS BILL

  • In the cases of Gang rape of child under 12, the minimum punishment is life sentence (earlier 20 years) while the maximum is death penalty.
  • POSCO was gender-neutral while the new law pertains to girls specifically.
  • Under this bill repeat offenders will be punished with life imprisonment or death.
  • The Bill provides for time-bound investigation in cases of rape of girl children. The investigation into rape of a child must be completed within two months.
  • The case is to be tried in a fast track court and any appeal against a sentence by the trial court must be disposed of within six months.

  • Accused is not entitled to anticipatory bail, under new law, in offences of rape of child less than 16 years of age.

It has provision for maintaining national database  and profile of sexual offenders by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). This data will be regularly shared with States/UTs for monitoring, tracking, and investigation including verification of antecedents by police.
For More info, you can access below links:

 https://currentaffairs.gktoday.in/lok-sabha-passes-criminal-law-amendment-bill-2018-07201857686.html

 http://www.newindianexpress.com/live/2018/aug/06/parliament-monsoon-session-day-13-highlights-criminal-law-amendment-bill-2018-has-been-passed-in-1854037.html
Above Information is as per as per data available in news till the date when I am posting this.

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