Nothing less than capital punishment: Mamata Banerjee welcomes death penalty

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee welcomed the local courts decision to hand death penalty to the convict in the rape and murder case of a minor in FarakkaShe also recalled the previous instance where the court handed capital punishment to the convict in Joynagar in 62 days and further asserted the need for capital punishment for rape convictsA local court in Bengals Murshidabad handed a death sentence to a rape convict and a life sentence to the other in the rapemurder case of a minorTaking to social media platform X CM Mamata said Barely a week ago WBPolice and our justice system secured capital punishment within just 62 days for the perpetrator of a brutal rapemurder of a minor in Joynagar Today death penalty has been awarded to one of two accused in the heinous rapemurder of yet another minor in Farakka on 131024 with his coaccused getting a life termShe called on people to unite in eradicating the social malice through swift timebound trials and punishments which serve as a powerful deterrent and send a clear messageI have said this before and I will say it again Every rapist deserves nothing less than the harshest punishmentcapital punishment As a society we must unite to eradicate this heinous social malice I believe that swift timebound trials and punishments will serve as a powerful deterrent sending a clear message that such crimes will not be tolerated the Chief Minister saidI congratulate the state police and all involved in the prosecution process for this achievement while my thoughts and prayers are with the family of the victim she addedEarlier on December 6 a POCSO court sentenced a man to death for the rape and murder of a 9yearold in the Joynagar area of South 24 Parganas district According to officials the incident took place on October 4 and the conviction was handed within 62 days of the incidentCM Mamata had called the sentence unprecedented in the history of the state and lauded the police for the outstanding achievementEarlier in September the state government came up with the Aparajita Women and Child West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment Bill 2024 It calls for the death penalty or life imprisonment for those convicted of rape aiming to amend sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita the new penal codeThis came in the wake of the horrific rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College which brought a lot of flak for the Trinamool governmentThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever