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Justice Verma Committee rejects death, chemical castration for rape convicts, suggests full life term

New Delhi, Jan 24: The Justice J S Verma Committee has rejected demands for enhancing the sentence for gruesome rapes to death or chemical castration.In its report submitted to the Home Ministry on Wednesday, the 

India TV News Desk Published : Jan 24, 2013 10:33 IST, Updated : Jan 24, 2013 10:43 IST


New sexual offences defined by the committee include voyeurism, stalking, acid attack, and, most signficantly, "breah of command responsibility", which makes senior officers of the police and security forces accountable for the sexual crimes committed by their subordinates.
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