Bengaluru: The government is likely to introduce its much-talked about anti-superstition bill, imposing a penalty of Rs 25,000 and a seven year prison sentence on those using black magic and astrology among other pracitces to dupe people, during the joint session of the state legislature starting July 4.
Speaking to DC, Law and Parliamentary Affairs minister T B Jayachandras said the law department had drafted the bill and sent it to the Social Welfare department for placing before the state Cabinet on July 6. “The cabinet will discuss the bill in detail before giving its approval for tabling it in the Legislative Assembly,” he added.
While the bill had been drawn up on the lines of the Maharashtra law against superstition and black magic, it was relevant to the conditions in Karnataka, he said.
The minister, however, admitted the government had not yet decided on whether or not to ban “Made-snana” and “Yede- snana” rituals practiced in a few temples of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district, and walking on embers.
