- Ø The Lok Sabha has passed a powerful anti-rape Bill that expands the definition of the crime beyond peno vaginal penetration and prescribes stricter penalties up to death for grave sexual assault.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Gang rape will invite not less than 20 years RI extending up to life imprisonment
- Causing death or persistent vegetative state of the woman following rape will now be punishable with 20 years rigorous imprisonment going up to death.
- All repeat offenders of rape will face imprisonment in jail for the rest of their natural life and even death.
- The age of consensual sex in the Bill has been fixed at 18 years and not 16 as was proposed in the Ordinance
- Section 354, IPC, stands vastly amended with new offences to make unwelcome physical advances, stalking, voyeurism and disrobing punishable
- Only women can be victims of rape, not men & transgenders
- Perpetrators of acid attack will attract a 10-year jail term
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