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Amending Pocso Act To Ensure Death To Child Rapists, Centre Tells Supreme Court

After being criticized nationally and internationally for his silence over rape cases that shocked India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said crimes against women will not go unpunished.

Amending Pocso Act To Ensure Death To Child Rapists, Centre Tells Supreme Court
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The Centre has told the Supreme Court that it “is proposing” to amend the바카라 웹사이트POCSO Act to ensure death penalty to rapists of children up to the age of 12, a move necessitated by the outrage over the shocking rape cases in Kathua, Unnao and Surat.

In a letter to the Supreme Court,바카라 웹사이트the바카라 웹사이트Ministry of women and child development바카라 웹사이트said바카라 웹사이트it “ is proposing to바카라 웹사이트amend바카라 웹사이트the바카라 웹사이트Protection ofChildren from바카라 웹사이트Sexual바카라 웹사이트Offences바카라 웹사이트Act바카라 웹사이트for introducing death penalty for the abuser”바카라 웹사이트in child rape cases.

바카라 웹사이트The Centre submitted its report while responding to a PIL. Further hearing on the plea has been scheduled for바카라 웹사이트April 27.바카라 웹사이트

After being criticized nationally and internationally for his silence over rape cases that shocked India,바카라 웹사이트Prime Minister바카라 웹사이트Narendra Modihad said바카라 웹사이트crimes against women will not go unpunished, and that "the two incidents바카라 웹사이트 which have made news are definitely shameful for any civilised society."

The PM was referring to the cases of rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomad girl in Jammu's Kathua and an alleged rape of a minor in UP's Unnao by a BJP minister.바카라 웹사이트 The BJP has been facing criticisms for their alleged inaction and silence over the said cases.바카라 웹사이트

Delhi Commission for Women바카라 웹사이트chief Swati Maliwal바카라 웹사이트who is on hunger strike for eight days now had demanded the바카라 웹사이트Prime Minister return to India and holds a discussion with her on her demands, including death penalty for rapists of minor girls.

Right now, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are the two states that have a maximum punishment of death for a convicted rapist of a minor aged바카라 웹사이트up till바카라 웹사이트12. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti바카라 웹사이트has바카라 웹사이트also promised to bring in a similar law.바카라 웹사이트

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