The Gujarat assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed the “Gujarat Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Bill, 2024, which is aimed at protecting people against criminal practices of fraudsters, who claim to have supernatural powers.
The state govt said the act will ban criminal practices propagated in the guise of supernatural or magical powers, which claim to rid people from evil spirits.Commonly known as black magic, society is awash with conmen who parade this craft with the sole motive of exploiting gullible people, and the law is aimed at identifying those practises and practitioners and bring them to book. People who violate provisions of this law will face jail term, which will not be less than six months and can extend up to seven years, and a fine, which will not be less than Rs 5,000 and can extend up to Rs 50,000. The bill, which was unanimously passed by the assembly, said govt will frame rules governing the act within 30 days from the time it is notified. Offences registered under the law will be non-bailable.
The state govt said the act will ban criminal practices propagated in the guise of supernatural or magical powers, which claim to rid people from evil spirits.Commonly known as black magic, society is awash with conmen who parade this craft with the sole motive of exploiting gullible people, and the law is aimed at identifying those practises and practitioners and bring them to book. People who violate provisions of this law will face jail term, which will not be less than six months and can extend up to seven years, and a fine, which will not be less than Rs 5,000 and can extend up to Rs 50,000. The bill, which was unanimously passed by the assembly, said govt will frame rules governing the act within 30 days from the time it is notified. Offences registered under the law will be non-bailable.