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Govt against death penalty for those who rape children
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Taking a stand contrary to popular demands, the Centre told the Supreme Court that it was not in favour of amending laws to provide for death penalty to those found guilty of sexual assaults on infants and children.
At a time when the government in Madhya Pradesh has introduced a bill providing death penalty for those sexually assaulting children, additional solicitor general told the SC that "death penalty is not an answer to everything".
ASG said the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act provided graded stringent punishment for sexual assault of children — a minimum 10-year term and maximum life imprisonment for raping a child while the punishment for a minor's gang rape ranged between a 20-year term and life imprisonment.
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