Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Friday passed a Bill to further amend the Indian Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure that will enable expeditious investigation and trial of offences against women and children, especially sexual offences, and award of death penalty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The proposed new law has been named the ‘Andhra Pradesh\nDisha Act Criminal Law (AP Amendment) Act, 2019, as a tribute to the veterinary\ndoctor raped and murdered recently in neighbouring Telangana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
State Home Minister M Sucharita moved the Bill in the\nAssembly, which the ruling YSR Congress called ‘revolutionary.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new law mandates completion of investigation into cases\nof sexual offences within seven working days from the time of record and the\ntrial within 14 working days from the date of filing the charge sheet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The appeal against the sentence passed under the new law has\nto be disposed off within six months. Three new sections 354E, 354F and 354G\nwill be added to the IPC that define harassment of women, sexual assault on\nchildren and aggravated sexual assault on children respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sections 376 (rape), 376D (intercourse by any member of\nthe management or staff of a hospital wtih any woman in that hospital) and\n376DA (gang rape on woman under 16 years) will be amended to include the death\npenalty for offences listed under sections dealing with assault, sexual\nharassment and rape such as 354F, 354G, 376, 376A, 376AB, 376D, 376DA, 376DB or\n376E of the IPC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Assembly also passed another Bill that provides for\nconstitution of exclusive special courts for speedy trial of specified offences\nagainst women and children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The proposed new legislation will enable setting up of one\nor more exclusive special courts in each district for expeditious trial of\nspecified offences against women and children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It will also empower the state government to constitute a\nspecial police team, headed by a deputy superintendent of police-ranked\nofficial, to investigate the specified offences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-PTI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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