{"id":219020,"date":"2022-12-19T19:31:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T14:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=219020"},"modified":"2022-12-19T19:31:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T14:01:38","slug":"what-is-the-law-on-acid-attacks-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-is-the-law-on-acid-attacks-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the law on acid attacks in India?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201cWhat is the law on acid attacks in India?<\/b>\u201d <\/b>published in <\/span>Indian Express <\/b>on 19th December 2022<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n

A 17-year-old girl was attacked with an acid-like substance in Delhi by three assailants while she was on her way to school.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How prevalent are acid attacks in India?<\/b><\/h5>\n

Acid attacks on women are not as prevalent a crime as others against women.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to data compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), there were 150 such cases recorded in 2019, 105 in 2020 and 102 in 2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

West Bengal and UP consistently record the highest number of such cases generally accounting for nearly 50% of all cases in the country year on year.<\/span><\/p>\n

The chargesheeting rate of acid attacks stood at 83% and the conviction rate at 54% in 2019. In 2021, the figures were recorded to be 89% and 20% respectively.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the law on acid attacks?<\/b><\/h5>\n

Until 2013, acid attacks were not treated as separate crimes. However, following amendments carried out in the IPC, acid attacks were put under a separate section (326A) of the IPC and made punishable with a minimum imprisonment of 10 years which is extendable to life along with a fine.<\/span><\/p>\n

The law also has provisions for punishment for denial of treatment to victims or police officers refusing to register an FIR or record any piece of evidence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Denial of treatment (by both public and private hospitals) can lead to imprisonment of up to one year and dereliction of duty by a police officer is punishable by imprisonment of up to two years.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the law on the regulation of acid sales?<\/b><\/h5>\n

In 2013, the Supreme Court took cognizance of acid attacks and passed an order on the regulation of sales of corrosive substances.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Based on the order, the Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA) issued an advisory to all states on how to regulate acid sales and framed the <\/span>Model Poisons Possession and Sale Rules, 2013<\/b> under The Poisons Act,1919. It asked states to frame their own rules based on model rules, as the matter fell under the purview of states.<\/span><\/p>\n

Key provisions of the model rules<\/b><\/h6>\n

Over-the-counter sale of acid was not allowed unless the seller maintains a logbook\/register recording the sale of acid. T<\/span>he sale is also to be made only when the buyer produces a photo ID containing his address issued by the government. The buyer must also prove he\/she is above 18 years of age.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sellers are required to declare all stocks of acid with the concerned Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) within 15 days and in case of undeclared stock of acid. The SDM can confiscate the stock and suitably impose a fine of up to Rs 50,000 for a breach of any of the directions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Educational institutions, research laboratories, hospitals, government departments and the departments of Public Sector Undertakings which are required to keep and store acid should maintain a register of usage of acid and file the same with the concerned SDM.<\/span><\/p>\n

Is there any compensation and care given to acid attack victims?<\/b><\/h5>\n

Based on Supreme Court directions, the MHA asked states to make sure acid attack victims are paid compensation of at least Rs. 3 lakhs by the concerned State Government\/Union Territory as the aftercare and rehabilitation cost.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Apart from this, MHA suggested states should extend social integration programs to the victims for which NGOs could be funded to exclusively look after their rehabilitative requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cWhat is the law on acid attacks in India?\u201d published in Indian Express on 19th December 2022 What is the News? A 17-year-old girl was attacked with an acid-like substance in Delhi by three assailants while she was on her way to school.\u00a0 How prevalent are acid… Continue reading What is the law on acid attacks in India?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,7965,9],"tags":[10500],"class_list":["post-219020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1702128780},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219020\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}