 bill no  200  of  2018 the indian penal code (amendment) bill, 2018 bydr dharamvira gandhi, mp a billfurther to amend the indian penal code, 1860be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the indian penal code (amendment) act, 2018short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appoint45 of 186052 in section 171 of the indian penal code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as the code), forthe words, "two hundred rupees" the words "two thousand rupees" shall be substitutedamendment of section1713 in section 171 i of the code, for the words "five hundred rupees" the words "twothousand rupees" shall be substitutedamendment of section171 iamendment of section 3024 in section 302 of the code, for the words "and shall also be liable to fine" the words"and shall also be liable to pay  fine to the victim which shall not be less than one lakh rupees but which may extend upto ten lakh rupees" shall be substituted5amendment of section 3765 in section 376 of the code, in sub-section 1, for the words "and shall also be liableto fine" the words "and shall also be liable to pay fine to the victim which shall not be less than one lakh rupees but which may extend upto ten lakh rupees" shall be substitutedamendment of section 376b6 in section 376b of the code, for the words "and shall also be liable to fine" the words"and shall also be liable to pay fine to the victim which shall not be less than fifty thousand rupees" shall be substituted10amendment of section 376c7 in section 376c of the code, for the words "and shall also be liable to fine" the words" and shall also be liable to pay  fine to the victim which shall not be less than fifty thousand rupees" shall be substitutedamendment of section 376d158 in section 376d of the code, for the words "and shall also be liable to fine" the words" and shall also be liable to pay  fine to the victim which shall not be less than fifty thousand rupees" shall be substituted statement  of  objects  and  reasonsindia is ranked 137th in the global peace index 2018 report which shows the level of crimes in india in 2016, according to the national crime records bureau (ncrb) data, the total crimes were recorded to be 297 million in 2017, however it was 294 million india was reported to be the fourth most dangerous country for women travellerscompensation should be paid to the victims because the accused has destroyed the life not only of victim but also his family giving punishment to the accused doesn't give justice to the victim, it is just the punishment given to the accused for his act a good amount of compensation should also be paid to the victimfor example, if there is a poor family of six persons including husband, wife and four small children now, if husband is being murdered by someone, the deceased being the only bread earner in the family, the people left behind won't even have food to eat compensation should be paid to the family of deceased so that they can at least live their lifethe bill, therefore seeks to amend the various sections of the indian penal code, 1860with a view to increase the amount of fine imposed on the accused so that victim is paid a justifiable amount of compensationhence this billnew delhi;dharamvira gandhinovember 27, 2018 annexure extract from the indian penal code, 1860 [45 of 1860] the  schedulewearing garb or carryingtoken used by public servant with fraudulent intent     171 whoever, not belonging to a certain class of public servants, wears any garb orcarries any token resembling any garb or token used by that class of public servants, with the intention that it may be believed, or with the knowledge that it is likely to be believed, that he belongs to that class of public servants, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, or with both      failure to keep election accounts171-i whoever being required by any law for the time being in force or any rule havingthe force of law to keep accounts of expenses incurred at or in connection with an election fails to keep such accounts shall be punished with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees      punishment for murder302 whoever commits murder shall be punished with death or 1 imprisonment for life,and shall also be liable to fine      punishment for rape376 (1) whoever, except in the cases provided for in sub-section (2), commits rape,shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment of either description for a term which 1 shall not be less than ten years, but which may extend to imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine      376bwhoever has sexual intercourse with his own wife, who is living separately, whether under a decree of separation or otherwise, without her consent, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than two years but which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to finesexualintercourse by husband upon his wife during separation376c whoever, being(a) in a position of authority or in a fiduciary relationship; orsexual intercourse by a person in authority(b) a public servant; or (c) superintendent or manager of a jail, remand home or other place of custody established by or under any law for the time being in force, or a women's or children's institution; or(d) on the management of a hospital or being on the staff of a hospital, abuses such position or fiduciary relationship to induce or seduce any woman either in his custody or under his charge or present in the premises to have sexual intercourse with him, such sexual intercourse not amounting to the offence of rape, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than five years, but which extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fineexplanation 1—in this section, "sexual intercourse" shall mean any of the acts mentioned in clauses (a) to (d) section 375explanation 2—for the purposes of this section, explanation 1 to section 375 shall also be applicableexplanation 3—"superintendent", in relation to a jail, remand home or other place of custody or a women's or children's institution, includes a person holding any other office in such jail, remand home, place or institution by virtue of which such person can exercise any authority or control over its inmates explanation4 the expressions "hospital" and "women's or children's institution" shall respectively have the same meaning as in explanation to sub-section (2) of section 376gang rape376d where a woman is raped by one or more persons constituting a group or acting in furtherance of a common intention, each of those persons shall be deemed to have committed the offence of rape and shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than twenty years, but which may extend to life which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder of that person's natural life, and with fine: provided that such fine shall be just and reasonable to meet the medical expenses and rehabilitation of the victim: provided further that any fine imposed under this section shall be paid to the victim lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the indian penal code, 1860————(dr dharamvira gandhi, mp)mgipmrnd—2126ls(s3)—14122018