 bill no 129 of  2015 the indian penal code (amendment) bill, 2015 by shrimati meenakashi lekhi, mp a billfurther to amend the indian penal code, 1860be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—1  (1) this act may be called the indian penal code (amendment) act, 2015short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint2 in the indian penal code, 1860, for section 326a, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—substitution of new section for section 326avoluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid''326a whoever causes permanent or partial damage or deformity to, or burns or maims or disfigures or disables, any part or parts of the body of a person or causes grievous hurt by throwing acid on or by administering acid to that person, or by using any other means with the intention of causing or with the knowledge that he is likely to cause such injury or hurt, shall be punished with death" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsacid attack is a form of violent assault with the intention to disfigure, maim, torture or kill another person particularly women and has been a threat to the safety of women for long according to the national crime records bureau, in the decade 2001-2011, the crime rate against women had increased by 349 percent the national crime records bureau has also reported that there have been 225 acid attack cases between the years 2010 and 2012 it is unfortunate that despite the widespread incidence of acid attacks, there is no specific law to effectively deal with the issuethe poisons act, 1919 empowers the state government to regulate possession for sale and sale of any poison it also provides for imprisonment for a period upto one year and fine upto one thousand rupees for violation of the provisions of the act acid attack cases are treated as 'hurt' and 'grievous hurt' under the provisions of the indian penal code, 1860 eventually, the watershed criminal laws amendment in 2013 has recognised the acid attack as an heinous crime but a lot more has to be donedespite all this, the number of acid attacks in the country have not come down it is strongly felt that the punishment to offenders in acid attack cases should be raised to death penalty as is provided in case of murder in order to deter the offenders from committing the heinous crime of acid attackhence this billnew delhi;meenakashi  lekhimarch 27, 2015 annexure extract from the indian penal code, 1860 (45 of 1860)''326a whoever causes permanent or partial damage or deformity to, or burns or maims or disfigures or disables, any part or parts of the body of a person or causes grievous hurt by throwing acid on or by administering acid to that person, or by using any other means with the intention of causing or with the knowledge that he is likely to cause such injury or hurt, shall be punished with death" provided that such fine shall be just and reasonable to meet the medical expenses of the treatment of the victim:provided further that any fine imposed under this section shall be paid to the victim———— a billfurther to amend the indian penal code, 1860————(shrimati meenakashi lekhi, mp)gmgipmrnd—295ls(s-3)—28042015