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Indian criminal law is the law relating to criminal conduct in India.
History
Indian Criminal Laws are divided into three major acts i.e. Indian Penal Code, 1860, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Instead of there laws special Criminal Laws are also passed by Indian Parliament i.e. NDPS, Prevention of Corruption Act, Food Adulteration Act, dowery prevention act, Commission of Sati Act etc. thousands of minor laws are made in India.
Indian Penal Code formulated by the British during the British Raj in 1860, forms the backbone of criminal law in India. Jury trials were abolished by the government in 1960 on the grounds they would be susceptible to media and public influence. This decision was based on an 8-1 acquittal of Kawas Nanavati in K. M. Nanavati vs. State of Maharashtra, which was overturned by higher courts.
Capital punishment in India is legal but rarely used. The last execution was conducted in 2004, when Dhananjoy Chatterjee was hanged for the rape and murder of a 14-year old girl. Homosexuality in India is criminal offense, though never prosecuted, under a Victorian-era criminal statute which faced a constitutional challenge at the Delhi High Court from 2002-2009.The Court 'read down' Section 377 by holding that consensual sexual acts between adults is outside the ambit of the law.[1]
Indian Penal Code was passed under the chairmanship of Lord Macaulay and was enforced in 1862, Lord Macaulay issued clarification for the people of India for implementation of this Code, because people were of the view that rule of Capital Punishment will be misused against them. further more people were against foreign rule on India peoples.
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