Report 202 – Proposal to amend Section 304-B IPC Dowry ... - Jeywin

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To create deterrence in the minds of the people
indulging in such heinous crimes by now it is more
than clear that neither the Dowry Prohibition Act nor
the amended provisions of IPC could deter the people
and could not register the success. The Committee
found that because of the above said discrepancies in
the provision the law has failed in its objective. By
incorporating the above changes law can be made
effective.
(c) Also the time limit of presumption may be increased
because seven years is very short a time and often the
offence is executed in a preplaned manner.
(d) The minimum punishment should be increased
from seven to ten years.
3.4 Capital Punishment:
Capital punishment, also known as the Death Penalty, is the
execution of a convicted criminal by the state as punishment for
crimes known as capital crimes or capital offences. It is the
infliction by due legal process of the penalty of death as a
punishment for crime. The idea of capital punishment is of great
antiquity and formed a part of the primal concepts of the human
race. This has been one of the most primitive and commonly used
forms of inflicting punishment for criminals as well as political
enemies. In the world-wide scenario prevalent now-a-days,
countries like most European (all except Belarus), Latin American,
many Pacific States (including Australia, New Zealand and East