Death Penalty For Rape
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What did Justice Verma panel say on death penalty for rapists after Nirbhaya case? Explained
Explainers | August 26, 2024 15:06 ISTThe Kolkata doctor rape and murder case has triggered nationwide protests led by medics, demanding justice for the victim's family and protection for the medical fraternity.
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Hathras rape case: Man sentenced to death for raping, killing teenager
India | September 24, 2021 16:33 ISTAdditional district and sessions judge (POCSO), Hathras court, Pratibha Saxena, termed it as an act which "shakes a person's soul". She found the man guilty and pronounced him to be "hanged till death".
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Hathras gangrape: Activists demand death penalty for accused
India | September 29, 2020 22:30 ISTSocial activists and women's groups have protested and demanded firm action against four men accused of gangraping a 19-year-old Dalit girl in Hathras in Uttar Pradesh.
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Madhya pradesh: Man gets death penalty for raping, killing homeless girl
Crime | February 24, 2020 19:59 ISTA 28-year old man was sentenced to death on Monday by a court in Indore in Madhya Pradesh for kidnapping, raping and killing a minor girl in December last year.
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Man awarded death penalty for rape, murder of minor girl in Odisha
Crime | July 26, 2019 20:41 ISTA POCSO court in Angul on Friday awarded death penalty to a 20-year-old man for rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl when she was going to give food to her father, who was working in a farm.
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Cabinet approves changes in POCSO Act, includes death penalty for sexual offences against children
India | July 10, 2019 19:17 ISTThe Union Cabinet Wednesday approved amendments in the POCSO Act, which deals with crime against children, and included death penalty for sexual assault on minors, officials said.
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Bombay High Court upholds death penalty clause for repeat offenders in rape cases
India | June 03, 2019 12:49 ISTUnder an amendment to section 376 (e) of the IPC, repeat offenders in rape cases faced life imprisonment or a death penalty. The amendment was made after the gangrape of a 23-year-old woman in Delhi in 2012.
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J&K Guv promulgates ordinance for death penalty to child rapists
India | May 17, 2018 15:46 ISTUnder the new law, committing rape on a woman under sixteen years of age has been made punishable with rigorous imprisonment for twenty years and may extend to a life sentence, which shall mean the remainder of that person’s natural life.
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Death penalty for rape of girls below 12: Did you carry any scientific assessment, HC asks Centre
India | April 23, 2018 21:06 ISTThe Union Cabinet, two days ago, cleared the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance 2018, which proposes stringent punishments, ranging from a minimum of 20 years to life term or death, for rape of girls under the age of 12 years.
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Death penalty no deterrent: Four rape cases reported in UP in a single day despite new stringent laws
India | April 23, 2018 7:55 ISTThe Union Cabinet on Friday approved an ordinance to allow courts to award the death penalty to those convicted of raping children up to 12 years of age.The President of India gave his go ahead to the same on Sunday.
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President promulgates ordinance providing death penalty for rape of girls below 12
India | April 22, 2018 12:20 ISTNew fast-track courts will be set up to deal with such cases and special forensic kits for rape cases will be given to all police stations and hospitals in the long term, according to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance 2018.
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Do not make fuss over one or two rape incidents: Union min Santosh Gangwar on Unnao, Kathua cases
India | April 22, 2018 12:13 ISTThe minister was commenting on the public outrage over Kathua incident, where an eight-year-old was raped and killed, and Unnao case, where a minor was allegedly abducted and raped by a BJP MLA last year.
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Kathua victim's father hopeful of justice after Cabinet approves death penalty for child rape
India | April 22, 2018 8:28 IST"It is good if the government has passed the ordinance to award death penalty to rape convicts of children below the age of 12 years. We are hopeful of getting justice," the girl's father said.
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Union Cabinet approves ordinance on death penalty for rape of children below 12 years of age
News | April 21, 2018 14:52 ISTThe Union Cabinet on Saturday approved ordinance to award death penalty to those convicted of raping children up to 12 years of age.
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