Efforts by the civil society and rights’ organisations to bring justice to victims of acid crimes saw the light of day on Tuesday when a bill proposing strict punishment for perpetrators of the heinous crime was passed unanimously in the National Assembly. “Whoever victimises someone through the use of corrosive substance shall be punished with life imprisonment or imprisonment of either description which shall not be less than 14 years and a minimum fine of one million rupees,” read the newly introduced section 336B that amended the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860, and the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1908. Continue reading Acid-throwers to get harsher punishment
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