Tamil Nadu seeks stricter penalty for crime against women

Chennai: DMK government Friday introduced a bill to amend BNS and BNSS to increase the quantum of punishments in TN.

The bill seeks to award death sentence as maximum punishment for perpetrators of acid attack. The maximum sentence for the crime now is life imprisonment. The quantum of punishment for 14 types of crimes against women and girls will be increased, and three types of crimes will attract rigorous imprisonment instead of ordinary imprisonment. For rape, the punishment, which was originally not less than 10 years to life, will be enhanced to not less than 14 years and life sentence for remainder of the person's natural life.

CM MK Stalin said, "Govt is committed to protection, welfare and well-being of women and children and therefore, they have been accorded highest priority by the state."