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New Delhi: The government has proposed sweeping changes in current laws, including holding of trials in absentia and ex parte conviction of fugitives as part of an overhaul of the existing penal code that will go through the parliamentary process of approval..
In the proposed changes, the government has included strict action for mob lynching and snatching, as well as a 10-year jail for sexual relations on false promise of marriage...
Under the proposed changes, the government is looking to create a mechanism for ex parte trial and conviction of fugitives and absconders..
The provisions state when a group of fiver more persons commit a murder on ground of religion, race, case, community or other reasons, each member of the group shall be punished with death, a life sentence of imprisonment not less than seven years..
As part of the proposed changes, the government wants to bring in laws that will make punish men with imprisonment of up to 10 years for establishing sexual relations on false promise of marriage..
