New Delhi: Against the backdrop of the Bilkis Bano case of the 2002 Gujarat riots, BSP member in Lok Sabha Danish Ali on Wednesday demanded that the Centre bring changes in the law to stop the release of convicts in rape cases under the remission policy of the states. Raising the issue during the Zero Hour, he claimed the country is witnessing a rise in the number of rape cases and those committing such crimes are getting emboldened by the remission policy of the states.
The reason behind it is that they do not get punishment. If punishment is handed down to someone in a case, the state government releases them under remission policy, Ali said. Recently such a case came to fore in Gujarat. Convicts in the Bilkis Bano case were released on the grounds that their character was very good. They were welcomed when they came out of the prison, he said. "Audacity of those committing such a crime has been continuously increasingI demand that the Centre withdraw the provision of remission. And, such people (those committing rape) should be handed down life imprisonment, he added. (PTI)
