Plea For Stringent Bail Provisions, Reverse Onus, Death Sentence For Rape: Supreme Court Asks Govt. To Consider

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, refused to entertain a writ petition seeking a direction to the Government to bring certain reforms and amendments in the law to make it stringent and deterrent in cases of rape with grievous injury, gang rape and rape/gang-rape with murder.While disposing the writ petition filed by Advocate Kirti Ahuja and others, the Court, however, granted them liberty to. The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, refused to entertain a writ petition seeking a direction to the Government to bring certain reforms and amendments in the law to make it stringent and deterrent in cases of rape with grievous injury, gang rape and rape/gang-rape with murder. Other suggestions are: Bringing separate legislation like that of POCSO to deal with cases of rape with grievous injury, gang rape and rape/gang-rape with death; making and implementing the provision of Fast Track Court for such cases not only at the Trial level but also at Appellate Stage and to implement the Amendment made in Section 173 and 309 Cr.P.C. in 2018 in its right perspective; changing the provision of right to appeal of accused in such heinous cases, by giving them only one opportunity of right to Appeal either in High Court or in Supreme Court; bringing the provision of reverse onus on the accused in such rape cases as it is in cases of POCSO under Section 29 and 30 of the Act; Making stringent provisions for punishment to police officials for intentionally making lapses in investigation by not following the law in such cases; The petitioners also sought for issuance of strict guidelines and directions for proper implementation of the existing rape-laws including the proposed suggestions along with strict action to be taken nonimplementation of such ; for proper implementation of guidelines already issued by the Supreme Court in regard to protection of identity of rape victims along with making people aware about the guidelines of this Court as well as Section 228A IPC by way of They also sought a direction to Government to introduce a compulsory subject on Gender Sensitization, moral and sex education in curriculum of school.