Anti-Hijacking Bill adds death penalty for hijacking
This Bill amends the Anti-Hijacking Act, 1982 to make the law more stringent by explicitly including attempts and abetment of hijacking as full offences and by introducing the death penalty for hijacking.
Individuals who commit, attempt, or abet the hijacking of aircraft.
- Section 3 is amended to state that anyone who attempts to commit hijacking acts or abets such acts is deemed to have committed the offence of hijacking.
- Section 4 is substituted to prescribe punishment for hijacking as death or imprisonment for life, along with a fine.
Written from the document by AI, and checked against it. The original below is authoritative.
Where this law is now — Withdrawn
The original document
Document details
| Official title | THE ANTI-HIJACKING (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2010 |
| Source body | Parliament of India — Bills (Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha) |
| Reference number | LVII |
| Status | closed (bill) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Closing date | — |
| Documents | 1 |