New Delhi: A day after President Ram Nath Kovindgave his nod to an ordinance on death penalty for rapists who attack children, a citizen survey shows that 76 percent of the people agree with it.
According to the survey conducted by LocalCircles, 18 percent voted for life imprisonment without parole for convicted rapists while three percent said it should be a seven-year jail term (which is the current law).
To catch the citizens’ pulse on the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, LocalCircles conducted six nation-wide polls which received more than 40,000 votes.
In the second poll, 89 percent agreed that they want their states to pass a law that awards death penalty within six months. Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh have also passed a law that awards death penalty for child rape.
In another poll, which was about engaging more women officers to register cases of sexual assault, it was found that 78 percent citizens were in support of every district level police station to have at least one woman officer.
For the fourth poll, on maximum time taken by the police to file a charge sheet in cases of child rape, only 28 percent said it should be done within 30 days, while 25 percent said 45 days
In the fifth poll, it was found that 65 percent want POCSO judges to only handle cases which are related to child sexual abuse.
The final poll on the maximum time taken for justice in cases of child rape under POCSO act, 85 percent citizens said it should be within six months.
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