Wednesday, June 22, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Mayawati calls for more stringent punishment for rape accused

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2123443.ece

Lucknow, June 21, 2011
Mayawati calls for more stringent punishment for rape accused
Atiq Khan

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati addresses a press conference in
Lucknow on Tuesday. Photo: Subir Roy
The Hindu Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati addresses a press
conference in Lucknow on Tuesday. Photo: Subir Roy

Pushed on the back foot by the spate of rape incidents and concerned
at an alarming increase in crimes against women, Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Mayawati has proposed amendments to the Criminal Procedure
Code (Cr.PC) and Indian Penal Code (IPC), calling for more stringent
punishment for the rape accused and making the offence non-bailable.

"The ordinances pertaining to amendments in the relevant sections of
Cr.PC and IPC have been sent to Governor B.L. Joshi for his approval,"
Ms. Mayawati said.

She conceded that some of the incidents were on account of the lapses
on the part of the police and the administrative officials in the
districts. To tighten the screws on the State officials and making
them more sensitive towards rape cases and atrocities on women, Ms.
Mayawati has called a meeting of senior administrative and police
officials, Commissioners, Inspectors-General, DIGs, District
Magistrates and SPs in Lucknow on June 27.

The amendments proposed in Cr.PC are related to Sections 437 and 439
of the code.

While the rape accused are generally granted bail, as per the
amendment, bail will not be granted to the accused till the case is
disposed of. Amendment in the IPC has been proposed in Section 354
(outraging the modesty of women) for making rape a non-bailable
offence in Uttar Pradesh.

"These changes in law will act as a deterrent and help reduce crime
against women," Ms. Mayawati told journalists here on Tuesday.

Ms. Mayawati said directives had been issued to the station house
officers of all police station areas to launch a month-long campaign
for preparing a dossier of persons with doubtful character. The SHOs
have been asked to first try to reform such characters and, if they
don't change, take strict action against them. Unruly elements would
not be spared, she said.

Asking the media, particularly the TV channels, to exercise retrain in
such cases till it gets the " official version," Ms. Mayawati said by
jumping the gun not only wrong news was being disseminated but also a
law and order problem was being created.

Ms. Mayawati slammed the Opposition parties, especially the Samajwadi
Party, for launching a vicious propaganda against the government.
Dubbed as a political conspiracy to defame her party and government,
the Chief Minister cautioned the opposition parties not to politicise
serious issues, but create "social awareness."


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