 bill no 233 of 2016 the  abolition  of  capital  punishment  bill, 2016 by dr ramesh pokhriyal 'nishank', mp a billto provide for abolition of capital punishment in indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the abolition of capital punishment act, 2016 2 (1) capital punishment is hereby abolishedabolition of capital punishment545 of 1860(2)  notwithstanding anything contained in the indian penal code, 1860 or anyother law for the time being in force, the maximum punishment for any offence shall not be more than imprisonment for life3 nothing in section 2 shall apply to the offences of terrorism or rapeact not to apply to certain offences statement of objects and reasonscapital punishment is barbarous and inhuman which goes against the ethos of a modern civilized society the savage act of capital punishment raises the moral question whether the state has the right to take away someone's lifethat is why the united nations decided to appeal to states all over the world to do away with capital punishment many nations around the world have already heeded the un appealexcept the offenders, who commit the offences pertaining to terrorist activities or rape, no other person who offend against a law should be treated as a person to be done away with a civilized society should have an attitude of compassion, sympathy and rectification towards these criminals even a hardened criminal would think and rethink when the society helps him to change and allows him to live and work with them a life sentence is sufficient for a person to repent and change his ways to become a good citizen again the attempt of a civilized state should be to provide enough opportunity to its citizens to realize the wrong he has done and to rectify himself to be a good man and a good citizenhence this billnew delhi;ramesh pokhriyal 'nishank'august 11, 20162———— a billto provide for abolition of capital punishment in india————(dr ramesh pokhriyal'nishank', mp)gmgipmrnd—2597(s3)—04102016