INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Marrying a woman by concealing identity or having intercourse under false promise of marriage, promotion or employment will be treated as
crime for the first time under the proposed law -- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Bill that will replace the Indian Penal Code
This will attract imprisonment up to 10 years
Home minister Amit Shah highlighted this while introducing the bill and added that special focus has been given to provisions relating to
While courts have dealt with cases of women claiming rape on the basis of breach of promise of marriage, there is no specific provision for
In the case of girls below 18 years of age, provision has also been made for death penalty
Whoever commits rape on a girl under 12 years of age shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than 20 years,
which may extend to imprisonment for life, or with death
Anyone who commits rape shall be punished with imprisonment of not less than 10 years, which may extend to imprisonment for life
The sections related to rape also focus on the issue of consent
communication, communicates willingness to participate in the specific sexual act
Provided that a woman who does not physically resist the act of penetration shall not by the reason only of that fact, be regarded as
Also, sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under 18 years of age, is not rape
According to the bills, if a woman dies after the rape or it causes the woman to be in a persistent vegetative state, the convict shall be
punished with imprisonment for a term not less than 20 years, which may extend to imprisonment for life, or with death
The bill has made voyeurism gender-neutral with a jail term of three to seven years.
