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Child sexual abuse was prosecuted under the following sections of the Indian Penal Code: I.P.C. (1860) 375- Rape; I.P.C. (1860) 354- Outraging the modesty of a woman; I.P.C. (1860) 377- Unnatural offences; However, the IPC could not effectively protect the child due to various loopholes like: [citation needed]
The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 (popularly known as Nirbhaya Act) is an Indian legislation passed by the Lok Sabha on 19 March 2013, and by the Rajya Sabha on 21 March 2013, which provides for amendment of Indian Penal Code, Indian Evidence Act, and Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 on laws related to sexual offences.
The draft of the Indian Penal Code was prepared by the First Law Commission, chaired by Thomas Babington Macaulay in 1834 and was submitted to Governor-General of India Council in 1835. Based on a simplified codification of the law of England at the time, elements were also derived from the Napoleonic Code and Edward Livingston 's Louisiana ...
Women can seek a restraining order under civil law or charges under Section 354 of India’s Penal Code, which covers sexual assault short of rape, and Section 498A, which is intended to punish ...
Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) considers the forced sex in marriages as a crime only when the wife is below age 15. Thus, marital rape is not a criminal offense under the IPC. [111] Marital rape victims have to take recourse to the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 (PWDVA). [112]
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).
"rape under section 4 [of the Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990 as amended]," for anal or oral penetration by penis, or vaginal penetration by inanimate object The offences have the same penalty, of life imprisonment , and the same provisions regarding conduct of trials, [ 46 ] except that rape under section 4 is an alternative verdict ...
A former Elmira College student and her husband are claiming she was raped by an Elmira College hockey player and his brother on campus in 2000.