Ranchi: After West Bengal and Rajasthan, Jharkhand became the third country in the country to pass the bill to prevent the trampled incident.
On Tuesday, the State Assembly passed the Jharkhand Bill (Lynching’s Violence and Mob Prevention) in 2021.
The bill was introduced on the second day of the ongoing winter session and was ratified within an hour without amendment and a large debate.
The Chairman of the Minister of Hemant Soren said the bill was introduced to ensure the harmony and peaceful existence among all communities in the state and punish anti-social elements that tried to disturb him.
While crashing into a bill, the minister responsible for homework, Alamgir Alam, said there were 53 Lynching Mob incidents in Jharkhand.
“A total of 33 people lost their lives in this incident,” he added.
The draft bill proposed that if the death of victims of Lynching, the guilty of being imprisoned for life and had to pay the RS 5 Lakh penalty (penalty to rise to Rs 25 Lakh).
In terms of minor injury, the guilty of being imprisoned for three years with a maximum fine of RS 3 Lakh.
In the case of a sad injury to the victim, the guilty of being punished by a life imprisonment (or 10) years with a fine of up to RS 5 Lakh.
The bill also proposed that those found conspiring, helping and trying to Lynch would also be punished in the same way as if he had done Lynching.
They were found guilty of the spread of unpleasant material and hated speech and enforced a hostile environment that could cause Lynching to also be imprisoned for three years and will be fined until Rs 3 Lakh.
District judges have been empowered to ban certain assembly through written order as precautions based on suspicion that the meeting can cause an incident.
Meanwhile, BJP, the main opposition party in the country, called the bill as a tool for political appeals.
Brigron Brigade also demanded that the bill be sent to the Select Committee for the return display and that the definition of a group, which has been descrited as two or more people, is changed to 10 people or more.
Jamua Mla Kedar Hazra BJP is looking for a bill amendment, which states that the state government can now ban opposition political meetings use bills.
However, all BJP demands were rejected by speakers Rabindra Nath Mahto.
J’Khand, 3rd country to pass anti-lynching bills
