On Monday, the Rajya Sabha passed by a voice vote a legislation prescribing death penalty to those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years. The Lok Sabha has already passed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2018 on July 30. Thus, the law against such sexual offences will be more rigorous now.
This was highly required that parliament amends laws after an outcry over the rape cases of Kathua and Unnao.
According to the bill, the minimum punishment in case of rape of a girl under 16 years, has been increased from 10 to 20 years, extendable to imprisonment for rest of life, which means jail term till the convict’s “natural life”. The gang rape of a girl under 12 years of age will now lead to a jail term for the rest of life or death.

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