Q:Now, the home ministry is expediting a bill to amend the Damage of Public Property Act, 1984, to ensure that agitators are made to pay monetary compensation for cruel acts during the agitation.
Latest Answer: Another amendment was entry of a Section 4B that will address ''abetment of mischief''. According to this new clause where damage to public property is caused in consequences of demonstration, hartal or bandh called by any organization, office-bearers of such organization shall be deemed guilty of the commission of the offense of abutment of an offense punishable under this Act and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
