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The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2018, amended the Indian Penal Code, 1860, Indian Evidence Act, 1872, the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. [122] [123] The Act amends the IPC to allow for the death penalty as punishment for rape of girls below the age of 12 years. The deadline for ...
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) (IAST: Bhāratīya Nyāya Saṃhitā; lit. ' Indian Justice Code ') is the official criminal code in India.It came into effect on 1 July 2024 after being passed by the parliament in December 2023 to replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Full case name: S Sushma & Anr. versus Commissioner of Police & Ors. Decided: TBA: Citations: W.P. No. 7284 of 2021 7 June 2021; 31 August 2021; 4 October 2021; 6 December 2021; 23 December 2021; 2 September 2022; Court membership; Judge sitting: N Anand Venkatesh, J. Case opinions; Practice of "conversion therapy" by medical professionals is ...
Lurking house-trespass (Section 454 of the Indian Penal Code) and house-breaking (Section 456 of the Penal Code) at night. Insult with an intent to provoke a breach of peace under Section 504 and criminal intimidation under Section 506 of the penal code. Abetting of any of the above-mentioned offences.
The Indian Penal Code (IPC) was the official criminal code in the Republic of India, inherited from British India after independence, until it was repealed and replaced by Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in December 2023, which came into effect on 1 July 2024.
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In India according to Section 300 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, murder is defined as follows: . Murder.--Except in the cases hereinafter excepted, culpable homicide is murder, if the act by which the death is caused is done with the intention of causing death, or- 167 2ndly.-If it is done with the intention of causing such bodily injury as the offender knows to be likely to cause the death ...
The court was asked to determine the constitutionality of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, a colonial-era law which, among other things, criminalised homosexual acts as an "unnatural offence". While the statute criminalises all anal sex and oral sex , including between opposite-sex couples, it largely affected same-sex relationships. [ 2 ]