The committee has proposed codification of a stringent alternative to the life sentence. Unlike the existing life sentence in which the convict is likely to be released after 14 years, at the discretion of the government, the Committee's alternative would statutorily bar him from being released for 20 years or for "the rest of that person's natural life".
This new type of "long life" or "whole life" stece has been recommended for aggravated forms of sexual assault: rape causing death, or persistent vegetative state, gang rape, repeat offenders of rape, rape of an underage person followed by death or coma, trafficking by a public servant or of a minor.
The committee has also proposed that in the case of several sexual offences, besides being awarded imprisonment, the convict should be rendered "liable to pay compensation to the victi, adequate to meet at least the medical expenses incurred by the victim."
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