Bill Seeking Death Penalty For Rape Convicts Passed In Bengal Assembly
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The 'Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill', which seeks the death penalty for convicts in rape and murder cases or in cases of rape where the victim is left in a vegetative state, was passed through a voice vote in the state Assembly on Tuesday.
Kolkata, Sep 3: The 'Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill', which seeks the death penalty for convicts in rape and murder cases or in cases of rape where the victim is left in a vegetative state, was passed through a voice vote in the state Assembly on Tuesday.
The BJP’s legislative team in the Assembly, as promised, did not seek any division in the vote for passing the bill.
The Mamata government proposed the bill amid the nationwide protests against the rape and murder of a woman doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata
Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that she wanted justice for the victim junior doctor from the CBI, which is currently conducting the probe in the rape and murder case.
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✨She said that the Governor should promptly clear the bill from his end so that it could be sent to the office of the President for final clearance there.
The said bill will need Presidential assent as it proposes to amend certain provisions in the Central laws on this count.
--IANS