The Union cabinet approved amendments to the Protection of
Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, 2012, to make punishment stricter
for those who are convicted in sexual crimes against children below the age of
18 years. The Bill was introduced to amend the Indian Penal Code to provide
death penalty for aggravated sexual assault of a girl less than 12 years. The
amendments extend the punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault from
a minimum of 10 years to a minimum of 20 years, up to a maximum of life
imprisonment and even the death penalty under Section 6 of POCSO Act.
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