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Prez Kovind signs ordinance on death penalty for rape of children under 12

| @indiablooms | Apr 22, 2018, at 07:02 pm

New Delhi, Apr 22 (IBNS): A day after the Union Cabinet cleared the ordinance to award death penalty to those convicted of raping children up to 12 years of age, President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday signed the executive order allowing the same.

The significant move came amid the nationwide outrage over the series of incidents of sexual assault of minor girls, including the one in Kathua.

Through this ordinance, the government amends the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) 2012, allowing courts to award death penalty to those convicted for raping children below 12 years.

The ordinance would be now sent to the President for his approval

Presently under the POCSO Act, the maximum punishment for aggravated assault on minors is life in jail. The minimum sentence is seven years in jail.

Even while the Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi met to discuss the issue,  the rape and murder of an four-month-old infant in Indore sent fresh shockwaves across the country.

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