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Amended bills widen net on sex crimes
Nagaland Post | Agencies |New Delhi, Jul 21
Changes in laws dealing with sexual assault approved by the Cabinet define “position of authority” to include social, political and economic dominance over a victim of rape — parameters wide enough to encompass most forms of exploitation.
According to TNN report, the fine print Cabinet decision on Bills also retains an important caveat to making 18 the age of consent with an exception being made — with reference to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code — that the enhanced age bar will not apply in the case of married couples.
Sexual crimes due to abuse of authority, termed as “aggravated assault”, have provisions that are both severe and widely defined. They not only include sexual crimes by police officials and heads of institutions caring for women and children, but also incest-rapes by close relatives such as fathers, brothers and uncles.
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