 bill no 50 of  2014 the indian penal code (amendment) bill, 2014 byshri arjun meghwal, mp a billfurther to amend the indian penal code, 1860be  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth year of the republic of india as follows:—1  (1) this act may be called the indian penal code (amendment) act, 2014 (2) it shall come into force at onceshort title and commencement3 after section 364a of the code, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new section 364b"364b whoever kidnaps or abducts any person or keeps a person in detention after such kidnapping or abduction, and causes death of such person due to any reason, shall be punished with death"punishment for kidnapping and causing death54 in section 376a of the code, the words "causes death of the woman or" shall be omittedamendment of section 376a5 after section 376a of the code, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new section 376aa"376aa whoever, commits an offence punishable under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 376 and in the course of such commission causes the death of the woman, shall be punished with death"10punishment for causing death of rape victim statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthere has been an alarming rise in the rate of crimes against women in recent timesincidents of kidnapping, abduction, rape, gang-rape and murder of women have become a routine affair across the country not a single day passes when heinous crimes against women are not reported from cities and villages it appears that there is no safety for women of any age group unless they are protected by their bodyguards however, such privileges are available only to the women of rich and highly placed familiesthe recent case of brutal gang-rape and murder of two teenage girls at badaun in the state of uttar pradesh has not only shocked the conscience of the whole country but has also caused outrage across the world it has adversely affected the country's image at the international level the united nations has strongly condemned such gruesome crime against women and called for stern action against the culpritsit may not be out of place to mention that most of the victims of kidnapping and sexual violence are dalit women according to national crime records bureau, more than four dalit women are raped every day across the country but in reality the situation may be far worse than what the statistics show as majority of the cases go unreported most of the cases are not even registered therefore, the number of cases reported does not reflect the actual number of cases of sexual violence, abduction and murder of women which are widespread both in rural and urban areas of the countrysimilarly, there has been an alarming rise in the case of kidnapping and murder of children in the countrytherefore, it is high time that a stringent law, which may act as a deterrent for such perverted acts of violence is brought forward by amending the indian penal code, 1860hence this billnew delhi;arjun  meghwaljune 12, 2014 annexure extract from the indian penal code, 1860 (45 of 1860)kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person364a whoever kidnaps or abducts any person or keeps a person in detention after such kidnapping or abduction and threatens to cause death or hurt to such person, or by his conduct gives rise to a reasonable apprehension that such person may be put to death or hurt, or causes hurt or death to such person in order to compel the government or any foreign state or international inter governmental organization or any other person to do or abstain from doing any act or to pay a ransom, shall be punishable with death, or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine376a whoever commits an offence punishable under sub-section (1) or sub-section(2) of section 376 and in the courses of such commission inflicts an injury which causes the death of the woman or causes the women to be in a persistent vegetative state, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than twenty years, but which may extend to imprisonment for life, which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder of that person's natural life, or with deathpunishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim  lok sabha———— a billfurther to amend the indian penal code, 1860————(shri arjun meghwal, mp)gmgipmrnd—717ls(s3)—02072014