The Delhi Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution seeking amendments to existing laws to make stalking a non-bailable offence and to award death penalty to those convicted of raping minors.
The Resolution, moved by AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj, demanded that the Delhi Government present a Bill asking the Centre to amend the law. AAP MLA Alka Lamba had demanded that the Government make stalking a non-bailable offence in an anti-stalking Bill.
Presenting the Bill in the Assembly, Delhi Home Minister Satyendar Jain said the Government would present the Bill seeking amendments. “The Government will table the Bill. It will be sent to the Centre once it is passed by the Delhi Assembly,” Jain added.
He said he hoped the Centre would not object to it. “The law should be amended to make stalking a non-bailable offence. The law should also be amended to make juvenile rape punishable with death penalty,” the resolution stated.