JAIPUR: The assembly on Monday passed a bill against honour killing, with punishment ranging from life imprisonment to death sentence.
The Rajasthan Prohibition of Interference with the Freedom of Matrimonial Alliances in the Name of Honour and Tradition Bill, 2019 was passed by a voice vote.
The bill was introduced in the House last week by minister Shanti Dhariwal.
Replying to the debate on the bill, Dhariwal said sections of IPC and CrPc, which are very general in nature, were not adequate to deal with such cases.
He said in the last five years, 71 incidents of diktat by khap panchayats (caste panchayats) and 10 cases of honour killings in which four men and eight women were killed were reported.
“Such cases have increased in the past few years and have become a hurdle in development,” Dhariwal said.
Opposition members termed the bill an encouragment to inter-caste marriages and a blow to the culture and social fabric. “The bill is directionless,” said deputy leader of opposition Rajendra Rathore.
Rathore and BJP legislator Madan Dilawar raised objection to the term ‘sangotra’ (same blood) marriage to used in the bill. Dhariwal said he had already moved a resolution to delete the word.
The bill provisions punishment of death penalty or life imprisonment till death for killing a couple or either of them in the name of honour.
If the couple or either of them is grievously hurt, the punishment will be from 10 years rigorous imprisonment to imprisonment for life and with a fine of maximum Rs 3 lakh, whereas the punishment will be three to five years imprisonment with fine which may extend to Rs 2 lakh in case of simple injuries.
The Rajasthan Prohibition of Interference with the Freedom of Matrimonial Alliances in the Name of Honour and Tradition Bill, 2019 was passed by a voice vote.
The bill was introduced in the House last week by minister Shanti Dhariwal.
Replying to the debate on the bill, Dhariwal said sections of IPC and CrPc, which are very general in nature, were not adequate to deal with such cases.
He said in the last five years, 71 incidents of diktat by khap panchayats (caste panchayats) and 10 cases of honour killings in which four men and eight women were killed were reported.
“Such cases have increased in the past few years and have become a hurdle in development,” Dhariwal said.
Opposition members termed the bill an encouragment to inter-caste marriages and a blow to the culture and social fabric. “The bill is directionless,” said deputy leader of opposition Rajendra Rathore.
Rathore and BJP legislator Madan Dilawar raised objection to the term ‘sangotra’ (same blood) marriage to used in the bill. Dhariwal said he had already moved a resolution to delete the word.
The bill provisions punishment of death penalty or life imprisonment till death for killing a couple or either of them in the name of honour.
If the couple or either of them is grievously hurt, the punishment will be from 10 years rigorous imprisonment to imprisonment for life and with a fine of maximum Rs 3 lakh, whereas the punishment will be three to five years imprisonment with fine which may extend to Rs 2 lakh in case of simple injuries.
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