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Instead the Committee recommends sentence of imprisonment for life
without commutation or remission.
(121) A suitable provision should be made requiring the officer investigating
to complete investigation of cases of rape and other sexual offences on
priority basis and requiring the court to dispose of such cases
expeditiously within a period of four months.
(122) Specialised training should be imparted to the Magistrates in regard to
trial of cases of rape and other sexual offences to instill in them
sensitivity to the feelings, image, dignity and reputation etc of the
victim.
(123) Provision should be made in the Code permitting filing of F.I.Rs in
respect of offences under Sections 376, 376-A, 376-B, 376-C, 376-D
and 377 of IPC within a reasonable time.
17. 18.& 19. ORGANISED CRIME, FEDERAL CRIME AND TERRORISM
Organised Crime and Terrorism have been growing globally and India has not
escaped their pernicious effect. The nexus between organised crime and
terrorism has also been a cause of serious concern to the Country. The
Committee has given deep consideration to inter-twined and inter-dependent
professional crimes in Indian as well as international background. The task of
dealing with the organised crime and the terrorism becomes more complicated
as structured group in organised crime is enmeshed with its counter-part (of
structured group) in terrorism. The former is actuated by financial/commercial
propositions whereas the latter is prompted by a wide range of motives and
depending on the point in time and the prevailing political ideology. The
Committee has given deep consideration to the growth of organised crime,
terrorism and their invisible co-relationship with the avowed objective to
destroy secular and democratic fabric of the country. The Committee feels that
time has come to sink political differences for better governance of the country
and address the task of dealing with theses menaces. In the backdrop of the
States’ reluctance to share political power, through legislatures, for enactment
of federal law to deal with certain crimes, the Committee has made
recommendations to deal with (a) organised crime (b) enactment of central law
to tackle federal crimes and (c) terrorism