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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Rape: CPM wants life in jail till death for convicts

Rape: CPM wants life in jail till death for convicts

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published Published on Jan 7, 2013   modified Modified on Jan 7, 2013
-The Indian Express

The CPM has demanded that the maximum punishment in cases of “aggravated sexual assault” and “rape” be enhanced to rigorous life imprisonment till death and suggested that laws related to sexual assault be made “gender specific”. The party is not in favour of death penalty as it feels existing laws provide for capital punishment in “rarest of the rare” cases of gangrape and murder like the Delhi incident.

In its suggestions to the Justice J S Verma Committee, the party also sought re-drafting of “archaic” phrases like “outraging the modesty of a woman” and enhancing the jail term in such cases of “sexual harassment” to a minimum of “one to five years” depending on degree of harassment. It urged the panel to recommend a standalone law to deal with ‘khap panchayats’, includuing their disenfranchisement.

The party wanted sexual assault by Army and paramilitary personnel be treated as “aggravated sexual assault” along with gangrape, custodial rape and rape during communal or caste driven violence. The CPM suggested acid attacks on women be treated as a “serious crime” and wanted minimum sentence for it be enhanced while the maximum must provide for life imprisonment.

The Indian Express, 5 January, 2013, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rape-cpm-wants-life-in-jail-till-death-for-convicts/1054718/


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