Q: Elaborate the criminal law (Amendment ), 2013 for rape crimes ?

Ans: The juvenile convict in the 2012 Delhi Gang Rape was tried as a minor and escaped the full burden of the law despite being 17 years old. An uproar to change the law gathered momentum after the youngest convict of the 2012 Delhi gang rape was released from detention. The parents of the victim campaigned to fight for justice for their daughter.


To avoid such cases in future the Indian parliament in 2015 had passed a bill which allowed the trial of juveniles between 16 and 18 years of age as adults for serious crimes like rape or murder. Before the bill, those under 18 could only be sentenced to a maximum of three years in a reform facility. The Legislation confirmed that if children within the age of 16 to 18 undertake gruesome and violent murders and rapes, they would be tried and punished as adults. Thus, Criminal law (Amendment Act) 2013 commonly known as “Anti Rape Bill” was passed on 19 March 2013. 

The sixth minor member was just sent to the reformation facility for 3 years. The question that arose was whether a juvenile was also liable for Capital Punishment or not especially in such cases of grave nature like rape. Mohammad Afroz, the juvenile convict, left home at the age of 11 years and started working with Ram Singh as a cleaner of his bus. He was sent to a correction home for three years in North Delhi’s Majnu Ka Tila instead of punishment with the others due to his minor age after he was found guilty in the infamous Delhi Gangrape Case. Despite, accusations of being the most brutal out of the six and attacking the victim severely with an iron rod, he was relieved of capital punishment and the allegations were brushed away by the Juvenile Justice board.

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