Ranchi: A court in Jharkhand on Tuesday awarded the death penalty to three men convicted for their involvement in the rape and murder of a 6-year-old minor girl. The court’s verdict has come just 28 days after the incident. Dumka district court judge Taufikul Hassan convicted the three — Mithu Rai, Pankaj and Ashok Rai, and […]
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Lok Sabha passes bill for death penalty in child sex abuse cases
New Delhi (5 MIN READ): Cutting across party lines, Lok Sabha members on Thursday supported an amendment to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act providing for death penalty in cases of aggravated sexual assault on children besides stringent punishments for other crimes against minors. Moving for the Bill for passage, Women and […]
Rajya Sabha passes Bill including death penalty for child abuse
New Delhi: With members across party lines supporting a stricter law against child abuse, the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the bill for amending the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2019 provides for stringent punishment including life imprisonment for using children for pornographic […]
Death penalty to culprit who raped 3-year-old girl
Ranchi : A court on Wednesday awarded death sentence to a person who was found guilty of raping and killing a three-year-old girl in Jharkhand’s Gumla district. According to a lawyer, Additional District Judge (ADJ-1) L. Dubey of Gumla district awarded the death sentence to Bandhan Oraon and slapped a fine of Rs 10,000. The […]
Cabinet clears changes in POCSO Act, provides for death penalty for child abuse
New Delhi : The Union Cabinet has cleared a proposal to amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 to provide for the death penalty for aggravated penetrative sexual assault on children. Briefing the media on the decisions taken at the Cabinet meeting held on Thursday, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said […]
Lok Sabha passes bill for stringent punishment in rape cases
New Delhi : A bill that provides for stringent punishment, including death penalty for those convicted of raping girls below 12 years, was passed by the Lok Sabha on Monday. The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2018 was passed after a reply by Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju. It will replace an ordinance brought by […]
Punjab approves death penalty for raping girls under 12
Chandigarh : The Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday approved the death penalty for males held guilty of the rape of a girl younger than 12 years. The Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, decided to extend to the state two major ordinances, relating to cases involving rapes and fugitive economic offenders, recently promulgated by the […]
Death penalty awarded to man for raping and murdering a 4-month-old girl
The Indore district court on Saturday awarded death sentence to a man who had raped and murdered a 4-month-old girl. The shocking incident had taken place in Indore on April 20. The man who has been convicted is girl’s uncle and was noticed on CCTV camera carrying the girl before commiting the henious crime. Indore […]
J&K cabinet nod to ordinance on death penalty for child rapists
Jammu : The Jammu and Kashmir cabinet on Tuesday approved the draft of an amendment to be submitted to the state’s Governor for promulgation of an ordinance, which provides for death penalty to rapists of children. Official sources said in winter capital Jammu that the Criminal Law Ordinance 2018 (Amendment) and Jammu Kashmir Protection of […]
Death penalty based on wrong diagnosis, says child rights activists
New Delhi : A day after President Ram Nath Kovind approved the ordinance to introduce death penalty for child rape, child and women rights activists voiced dissatisfaction with the move, saying that the new provisions fail to highlight other issues faced by survivors. The issues were articulated by a six member bench headed by former […]