 bill no  20 of  2011 the indian penal code (amendment) bill, 2011 by shrimati sushma swaraj, mp a bill further to amend the indian penal code, 1860be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-second year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act  may be called the indian penal code (amendment) act, 2011 (2) it shall come into force at onceshort title, and commencement45 of 186052 after section 302 of the indian penal code, 1860 (hereinafter to be referred to as the code), the following new section shall be inserted, namely:—"302a whoever causes death of a person after committing rape on such person shall be punished with death"insertion of new section 302a punishment for causing death of rape victim3 after section 364a of the code, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—10"364b whoever kidnaps or abducts any person and causes death of suchperson due to any reason shall be punished with death"insertion of new section 364b punishment for kidnapping and causing death statement  of  objects  and  reasonsin many parts of the country, cases of sexual assault and other offences against women are  on the rise a member of indian railways women kabaddi team was shot dead by a crpf trooper a dalit girl was maimed in uttar pradesh for resisting rape another girl in the same state was raped by none other than a legislator recently, a woman in kerala was thrown out of the moving train she did not survive the attack in kolkata, a teenage girl was pushed off the roof after she was rapedin the first-half of february 2011, as many as twenty-seven cases of rape and attempts to rape have been reported in twelve of these cases, the victims were killedsimilarly, there has been an alarming increase recently in cases of men, women and especially, children being kidnapped and subsequently being killedtherefore, 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, 1860new delhi;sushma swarajmarch  4, 2011———— a billfurther to amend the indian penal code, 1860————(shrimati sushma swaraj, mp)gmgipmrnd—7184ls(s3)—16-03-2011