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Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil on Wednesday presented in the Lower House of the legislature the joint committee’s report on the Shakti Criminal Laws (Maharashtra Amendment) Bill, 2020 that specifies the recommendations of the panel. The bill, which is modelled on the Disha Act in Andhra Pradesh, was first tabled in the legislature during the winter session in December last year. However, the government had referred it to the joint committee.

The Minister said that the joint committee held 13 meetings and later submitted the recommendations. He informed that the draft bill provides for capital punishment for crimes against women and children, specifies deadline of 30 days to complete the probe since the day the complaint in such cases is lodged and puts the onus on social media platforms as well as internet provider companies to share the data for police investigation.

He said that as per the committee’s recommendations, the police probe in such cases should be over within 30 days and in case it does not happen, another 30 days can be given after specifying the reasons from Special Inspector General or Police Commissioner.
As per the recommendations, section 326 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) applied in case of acid attacks will be amended to make provision of minimum 15 years to maximum life imprisonment to the guilty along with monetary fine.

Mr. Walse Patil informed the House that the expenditure of plastic surgery and face reconstruction operations will be taken care from the monetary fine to be charged on the guilty.

He said that a new section 354E of the IPC has been proposed to take action against those outraging the modesty of women, men and transgenders through electronic or digital means.

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