7 YEARS TO LIFE IN JAIL; ONUS ON OFFICERS The draft bill defines ‘lynching,’ ‘mob,’ ‘victim’ and ‘offensive material.’ It also defined ‘hostile environment’ created against the victim or

family, which includes boycott of trade, public humiliation, deprivation of fundamental rights and forcing a person to leave home, etc. ‘TOOK DIRECTIONS OF SC, HIGH COURTS INTO ACCOUNT’

Sapna Tripathi, Secretary of the State Law Commission, speaking to _The Indian Express_, said, "The commission realised that mob lynching is a global problem faced even by US, countries

in Africa etc for long. Thus, the commission thought of undertaking a suo motu study in this regard about six months ago. We also took into account directions of the Supreme Court and High