The Rajasthan assembly passed a bill (Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Bill) approving death penalty to those convicted of raping or gang-raping a girl up to 12 years of age.
With this, Rajasthan has become the second state in the country after Madhya Pradesh to award death penalty and lifetime imprisonment to child rapists.
The Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Bill, 2018 adds sections 376-AA and 376-DD to the Indian Penal Code, 1860
Earlier in 2017, Madhya Pradesh assembly had passed ‘The Penal Law (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Bill-2017’, which awarded death to similar convicts.