India And Its Regressive Step In Crime And Punishment

The Criminal laws were made more stringent, when in the year 2013 the Indian Penal Code, 1860 stood amended and Section 376A was inserted which enunciates death penalty for the offence of rape resulting into persisted vegetative state of victim or death. The amendment was caused pursuant to the suggestions recommended by the Judicial Committee formed by the Central Government to provide suggestions to "severely" deal with sexual assaults against women which is visibly an aftermath of vicious gang rape and murder of a 25 year old in Delhi in 2012. The Judicial Committee headed by J.S. Verma, a former Judge of Supreme Court and included former Judge of Delhi High Court Leila Seth and leading Advocate Gopal Subramanium submitted their report within 28 days along with suggestions inter-alia not suggesting death penalty as punishment for rape basing the argument on the International laws and for the larger interest of society, having regard to the current thinking in favour