<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">The central government will soon bring a bill proposing death penalty for the crime of lynching. Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir told a delegation of the Nathjogi community who called on him in Yavatmal, Maharashtra today that the proposed bill will be on the lines of a legislation seeking capital punishment to those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years.<o:p /></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">He said Lynching is a barbaric crime and no civilised society can accept it. The minister's remarks came against the backdrop of a spate of incidents of mob violence over cow smuggling and child lifting being reported from various parts of the country.</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>