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Bombay High Court upholds death penalty clause for repeat offenders in rape cases

Under an amendment to section 376 (e) of the IPC, repeat offenders in rape cases faced life imprisonment or a death penalty. The amendment was made after the gangrape of a 23-year-old woman in Delhi in 2012.

Reported by: PTI Mumbai Published : Jun 03, 2019 12:49 IST, Updated : Jun 03, 2019 12:49 IST
Bombay HC upholds death penalty clause for repeat offenders
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Bombay HC upholds death penalty clause for repeat offenders in rape cases

The Bombay High Court Monday upheld the Constitutional validity of an amended section of the Indian Penal Code under which repeat offenders in rape cases can be awarded life imprisonment or death penalty.

A division bench of Justices B P Dharmadhikari and Revati Mohite Dere dismissed petitions filed by three convicts in the Shakti Mill gangrape case challenging Constitutional validity of the legal provisions under which they were sentenced to death in 2014.

Under an amendment to section 376 (e) of the IPC, repeat offenders in rape cases faced life imprisonment or a death penalty.

The amendment was made after the gangrape of a 23-year-old woman in Delhi in 2012.

"We are of the opinion that section 376 (e) of the IPC is not ultra vires to the Constitution and hence need not be quashed in the present case," the court said.

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