7 Years Jail For Death By Negligence 'High': House Panel Flags Draft Law

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs is headed by BJP MP Brij lal

A parliamentary committee has noted that the seven years' imprisonment prescribed in the proposed new criminal law for causing death by negligence is "high" and it should be reduced to five years.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, headed by BJP MP Brij Lal, also observed that the 10-year jail suggested in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for those who cause death of a person by rash or negligent act and escape from the scene of the incident or fail to report the incident to police or a magistrate, needed to further be deliberated for whether the clause should be retained at all.