 bill no 87 of  2018 the code of criminal procedure (amendment) bill, 2018 byshri rajendra agrawal, mp a billfurther to amend the code of criminal procedure, 1973be  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—354d, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:—| 1                                   | 2                                   | 3            | 4    | 5   ||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------|------|-----|| "354d stalking                      | imprisonment up to 3 years and with | cognizable   | non- | any || fine with for first conviction     | bailable                            | magistrate   |      |     || 5                                   |                                     |              |      |     || imprisonment up to 5 years and with | cognizable                          | non-         | any  |     || fine for second or subsequent       | bailable                            | magistrate" |      |     || conviction                         |                                     |              |      |     | statement of objects and reasonsin the aftermath of the brutal gang rape and murder of december, 2012, justice verma committee was constituted to recommend amendments to the criminal law so as to provide for fast track trial and enhanced punishment for criminals accused of committing sexual assault against women the committee comprehensively expanded the list of crimes against women and brought stalking under the ambit of indian penal code the committee recognized stalking as a crime and recommended it to be made a non-bailable offense but in contrast to the committee recommendations, in the criminal law (amendment) act, 2013, enacted subsequently, the first offense of stalking was made bailable while any subsequent offense was made non-bailablea bailable provision in the statute for stalking has massively diluted the deterrence it allows the accused to obtain bail without any serious scrutiny often putting the victim at further risk of harassments and assaults as per national crime record bureau, over eighty per cent of the people accused of stalking are given bail before even the chargesheet is filed at the same time, cases of stalking continue to rise in the country with 7132 cases registered in 2016 followed by 6266 in 2015 and 4699 in 2014hence it is high time that concerns surrounding stalking be addressed urgently in this regard, the bill seeks to make stalking a non-bailable offense in line with the justice verma committee recommendationshence this billnew delhi;rajendra  agrawalfebruary  16,  2018 annexure extract from the  code of criminal procedure, 1973 [2 of 1974]|    |    |    |    |    |    ||-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| chapter xvi—offences affecting the human body| 1                                   | 2                                   | 3          | 4        | 5   | 6   ||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|------------|----------|-----|-----|| 354d stalking                       | imprisonment up to 3 years and with | cognizable | bailable | any |     || fine with for first conviction     | magistrate                          |            |          |     |     || imprisonment up to 5 years and with | cognizable                          | non-       | any      |     |     || fine for second or subsequent       | bailable                            | magistrate |          |     |     || conviction                         |                                     |            |          |     |     ||                                    |                                    |           |         |    |    | lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the code of criminal procedure, 1973————(shri rajendra agrawal, mp)mgipmrnd—4439ls(s-3)—09032018