Lucknow. Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh will deal with rioters more strictly. For this, the Uttar Pradesh Public and Private Property Damage Recovery (Amendment) Bill 2022 was passed in the Legislature on Friday. Now it will be sent to the Governor for approval, after which the new law will come into force. Under this law, a minimum compensation of Rs 5 lakh will also be paid to the dependents on the death of someone due to riots.
More strict laws to compensate rioters will come into force soon. Along with increasing the scope of compensation from miscreants who cause damage to government and private properties, the UP government has also provided for a minimum amount of compensation for those who lost their lives during a violent demonstration and were seriously injured.
The state government, while amending section 19 of the principal act, has made arrangements to provide a minimum compensation of five lakh rupees for the death of a person during a violent demonstration and a minimum of one lakh rupees in case of permanent disability.
Earlier, there was a system to apply for compensation before the claims authority within three months, whose period has been extended. Now the claim can be submitted within three years. The Claims Authority shall also have the power to condone the delay in filing the claim petition. In case of disturbance during any demonstration or dharna, the organizers of the concerned program will also be made accused.
Under the new law, damages caused to common people during any violent demonstration will also be compensated. Now anyone can be a claimant in the petition. Along with this, the hearing of the claims going on before will continue. The Claims Authority may also take suo motu cognizance of any matter.
It is noteworthy that in the year 2020, the Uttar Pradesh Public and Private Property Damage Recovery Bill was implemented. A lot of damage was done to public and private property in the violence against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). It was only after this that the state government started the exercise of compensation from the miscreants.
No anticipatory bail in rape and POCSO Act
In the cases of rape and POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses) Act, the accused will no longer be able to get anticipatory bail. The Code of Criminal Procedure (Uttar Pradesh Amendment) Bill-2022 was passed in the Legislature on Friday to crack down on the culprits in these serious crimes. This too will be sent to the Governor for approval. Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 has been amended with respect to the provision of anticipatory bail under the Bill.