 bill no 59 of  2014 the  scheduled  castes  and  the scheduled  tribes (prevention of atrocities) amendment bill, 2014 by dr kirit premjibhai solanki, mp a billto amend the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes (prevention of atrocities)act, 1989be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencement1 (1) this act may be called the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes (prevention of atrocities) amendment act, 2014(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appointamendment of section 32 in the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes (prevention of atrocities) act,1989 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), in section 3, in sub-section (1),—(a) in clause (ii), after the word "injury", the words "or grievous injury" shall be inserted; and(b) after clause (xv), for the words "six months but which may extend to five years and with fine", the words "five years but which may extend to ten years and with fine" shall be substituted 3 in the principal act, after section 3, the following new section shall be inserted, namely:—5insertion of new section3a45 of 1860punishment for rape or attempt to rape"3a notwithstanding anything contained in the indian penal code, 1860, whoever, commits or attempts to commit rape on a woman belonging to the scheduled caste or the scheduled tribe shall be punished with life imprisonment" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthere has been a sharp rise in the offences committed against persons belonging to the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes in particular, the incidents of offences against women belonging to these communities are becoming order of the day across the country a large number of cases of grave and serious nature like outraging of modesty, attempt to rape or rape of women belonging to the scheduled castes or the scheduled tribes go unreported as these women are vulnerable and hardly dare to report such cases even in the cases where the offences have been reported, the perpetrators of such crimes go unpunished for several reasons it is, therefore, necessary to amend the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes (prevention of atrocities) act, 1989 to make penal provisions more stringent for offences of atrocities against persons belonging to the scheduled castes or the scheduled tribes committed under section 3 of the act the bill also proposes to provide life imprisonment in case a person commits rape or attempts to commit rape on a woman belonging to the scheduled castes or the scheduled tribeshence this billnew delhi;kirit premjibhai solankijune 27, 2014 annexure extract from the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes (prevention of atrocities) act, 1989(33 of 1989)     chapter ii offences of atrocities3 (1) whoever, not being a member of a scheduled caste or a scheduled tribe,— (i)     punishments for offences of atrocities(ii) acts with intent to cause injury, insult or annoyance to any member of a scheduled caste, or a scheduled tribe by dumping excreta, waste matter, carcasses or any other obnoxious substance in his premises or neighbourhood;     (xv) forces or causes a member of a scheduled caste or a scheduled tribe to leave his house, village or other place or residence, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to five years and with fine     ———— a billto amend the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes (prevention of atrocities)act, 1989————(dr kirit premjibhai solanki, mp)gmgipmrnd—1313(s3)—23-07-2014