India





In India, before 2013, rape was not considered as  major a crime to have stringent punishments. The maximum punishment was up to seven years of rigorous imprisonment.

But, in April 2013, after the Anti Rape Bill was passed by Parliament, an act of rape is now liable to life imprisonment, imprisonment for the whole of life, and even death sentence for rarest of rare cases. Moreover, stringent punishments are there for  convicts of acid attacks, rape, stalking and voyeurism.