--- title: "Which state government has passed the bill awarding death for rape of girls aged 12 or less?" description: "Which state government has passed the bill awarding death for rape of girls aged 12 or less?" author: "Jiya Aahuja" published: 2017-12-06 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31388/which-state-government-has-passed-the-bill-awarding-death-for-rape-of-girls-aged-12-or-less category: "current affair" tags: ["criminal law", "current affair"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Which state government has passed the bill awarding death for rape of girls aged 12 or less? Which [state government](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32243/india-s-first-student-startup-and-innovation-policy-launched-by-which-state-government) has passed the bill [awarding death](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39733/which-state-becomes-the-first-state-in-the-country-after-it-s-assembly-unanimously-passed-a-bill-awarding-death-to-those-found-guilty-of-raping-girls-aged-12-and-below) for rape of girls aged 12 or less? ## Answers ### Answer by akriti kashyap ## Rape of Girls! ![Which state government has passed the bill awarding death for rape of girls aged 12 or less?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/d6bfcff0-7cb4-44a5-9a06-acb752fda7e7/images/e58fee76-0ba4-457d-982a-2221094861fc.png)\ The assembly of **Madhya Pradesh** which was held on **4th of December 2017**, has unanimously passed a bill that state that the **person who would rape a girl in the age slab of 12 or below would be sentenced to be hanged till death**. As soon as the consent of **Shivaraj Singh Chouhan, The Cabinet**, the bill was passed… which was further was carried forward by the **President** of the Nation by **Dand Vidhi Vidheyak** of 2017 thus for his assent to make it a law. This was the action since, the most recent report from **NCRB** was out and the stat showed that *Madhya Pradesh was possessing maximum of the rape cases across the country* hence, a bill was passed for **the 14 years brutal imprisonment or till lifetime or he will be hanged till death whoever male would rape a girl aged 12 or below**. This bill was further revised for **gang rape which was extending the imprisonment up to 20 years brutally for the same clause**. *\**Well, in my opinion, it is damn shameful, that we have to pass a law for controlling such a crime... And we sloganeer*, "**Bharat Mata ki Jai!**" \ ***Hope, this may act as an eye-opener for all... And we can make the world worth living in for each one of us...***\ **All The Best!** --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31388/which-state-government-has-passed-the-bill-awarding-death-for-rape-of-girls-aged-12-or-less Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.