Amended draft of Anti-Torture Bill ready: Govt

The government has finalised an amended draft of an Anti-Torture Bill and will soon bring it before Parliament, the Rajya Sabha was told on Wednesday. 

“I cannot give a guarantee on time frame that it will be brought in so many months but I assure the House that a full-fledged draft bill has been prepared. The draft has been sent to law ministry,” MoS for Home Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary said replying to questions about bringing for passage the amended Prevention of Torture Bill 2010 before Parliament.

The minister said certain amendments have been made in the earlier bill including replacing the word “hurt” with “hurt and torture”.

“A proposal to suitably amend Section 330 and Section 331 of the Indian Penal Code is currently under examination,” he said in the written reply.