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Bill on death for raping children below 12 to be presented soon: Law Minister
Updated On: 18 July, 2018 08:07 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
The move comes in the wake of a nation-wide outrage over rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, and other instances in different parts of the country including rape of a nine-year-old girl in Gujarat's Surat
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Ravi Shankar Prasad
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to present a bill in the Parliament, proposing death sentence for rapists of children below the age of 12.
Union Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told a media conference that the proposed bill, which amends the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, will also include more drastic punishment for convicted rapists of girls below the age of 16.
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