JAMMU: After Centre, the
Mehbooba mufti-led coalition government on Tuesday approved the ordinance to allow courts to award death penalty for girl child rape in
Jammu and Kashmir.
The state cabinet in a meeting headed by CM Mufti approved the Jammu and Kashmir Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018 and Jammu and Kashmir Protection of Children from Sexual Violence Ordinance (JKPCSVO), 2018.
Under, JKPCSVO 2018, death penalty or life imprisonment can be awarded for sexual offences against children up to the age of 12.