The Indian Penal Code (IPC) was the official criminal code of the Republic of India, inherited from British India after independence. It remained in force...

In India, Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code (before its repeal by introduction of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita) dealt with Cheating and dishonestly...

The Pakistan Penal Code (Urdu: مجموعہ تعزیرات پاکستان; Majmū'ah-yi ta'zīrāt-i Pākistān), abbreviated as PPC, is a penal code for all offences charged...

Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code criminalised attempted suicide as well as suicide assistance. Section 309 stated: Whoever attempts to commit suicide...

State Ranbir Penal Code or RPC was the main criminal code applicable in the erstwhile Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian Penal Code, applicable...

activity. As per a Supreme Court of India judgement since 2018, the Indian Penal Code Section 377 is used to convict non-consensual sexual activities among...

after being passed by Parliament in December 2023, replacing the Indian Penal Code (IPC). On 11 August 2023, Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs, introduced...

The Penal Code of Bangladesh, formally titled the Penal Code, 1860, is the general criminal law of the country. It is based on the Indian Penal Code, which...

practically a re-enactment of the Indian Penal Code. Over the years, the Penal Code has been amended several times. The Penal Code has over 500 sections, and...

Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code lays down the punishment for the deliberate and malicious acts, that are intended to outrage religious feelings...

it was added to the Penal Code by the colonial government. It remained a part of the Singapore body of law after the Penal Code review of 2007 which...

Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code lays down the punishment for sedition. The Indian Penal Code was enacted in 1860, under the British Raj. Section...

lawful compulsion, due to the state having a monopoly on violence. In Indian Penal Code, Section 349 explains the meaning of force as under:- 'A person is...

Section 294 of the Indian Penal Code lays down the punishment for obscene acts or words in public. The other section of Indian Penal code which deal with...

Rebellion of 1857, the crown took over the administration in India. The Indian Penal Code, 1861 was passed by the British parliament. The CrPC was created for...

Burma and is divided into 23 chapters. The Penal Code of Myanmar is nearly identical to the Indian Penal Code, due to their shared origins under British...

Naik, SK; Das, S (April–June 2013). "Hurt & Grievous Hurt in Indian Context" (PDF). J Indian Acad Forensic Med. 35 (2): 160–164. Retrieved 4 September 2014...

Adultery was a criminal offence under Chapter XX of the Indian Penal Code until it was quashed by the Supreme Court of India on 27 September 2018 as unconstitutional...

its penal code for crimes of rape and sexual assault. According to NCRB 2021 statistics, Rajasthan reported the highest number of rapes among Indian states...

The Section 326 A in the Indian Penal Code lays down the punishment for acid attacks. The minimum punishment is 10 years' imprisonment. It can extend...

The Penal Code of California forms the basis for the application of most criminal law, criminal procedure, penal institutions, and the execution of sentences...

The Section 228A of the Indian Penal Code was inserted into the Indian Penal Code 1860 by the Criminal Law amendment Act 1983 by the Parliament of India...

under the country's main substantive penal legislation, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (formerly Indian Penal Code), as well as other laws. Executions are...

The Section 326 B in the Indian Penal Code lays down the punishment for attempted acid attacks. The minimum punishment is 5 years' imprisonment. It can...

that time, the Indian Penal Code had come to be the law of the land, with its amendments and modifications. However, the Indian Penal Code retained very...

code or penal code is a document that compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law. Typically a criminal code will...

invokes article 500 of Indian Penal Code. It is considered a landmark decision that highlighted the need for a uniform civil code. In the Sarla Mudgal v...

authority assumed by the Federal Government in times of emergency. The Indian Penal Code formulated by the British during the British Raj in 1860, forms the...

Procedure Code, 1973 (India) against four accused persons on 14 May 2002. Charges were framed under various sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC), the...

century Indian Penal Code of the British Empire. After a nine-year period of legal battles, a part of the Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code was eventually...