The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed three amended Bills that seek to repeal and replace criminal laws which date back to colonial times. This criminal law reform brings terrorism offences into a general crime law for the first time, drops the crime of sedition, and makes mob lynching punishable by death. “We have shut the doors for such people to escape punishment by including terrorism in the criminal law. If you harm the flag or the property of the country, you will be sent to jail,” Mr. Shah said. She spoke during the debate on the Bill, claiming that the British-era laws had been misused to torture her in police custody for 13 days.

Source: The Hindu December 21, 2023 09:34 UTC