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Concerned over the spate of eve teasing cases in the Maharashtra, the state government is considering a proposal to make it a non-bailable offence. Minister for Women and Child Welfare Varsha Gaikwad on Saturday said she will discuss the issue with Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan.
She also said that a committee comprising social workers and women legislators will be formed to examine a draft bill to enact the Maharashtra Prohibition of Eve-teasing and Harassment of Women Act, prepared by an NGO.
According to the NGO, 80 per cent of women do not register a complaint due to family pressure and fear of being targeted or stigmatised. In the proposed bill it has been demanded that offenders should be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend upto three years and a fine of not less than Rs 20,000.
In case of death or suicide of a woman due to harassment, the convict should be penalised with imprisonment of a term which may extend to ten years and a fine of not less than Rs. 50,000.
She also said that a committee comprising social workers and women legislators will be formed to examine a draft bill to enact the Maharashtra Prohibition of Eve-teasing and Harassment of Women Act, prepared by an NGO.
According to the NGO, 80 per cent of women do not register a complaint due to family pressure and fear of being targeted or stigmatised. In the proposed bill it has been demanded that offenders should be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend upto three years and a fine of not less than Rs 20,000.
In case of death or suicide of a woman due to harassment, the convict should be penalised with imprisonment of a term which may extend to ten years and a fine of not less than Rs. 50,000.
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