Section 376 Of Indian Penal Code

Explanation 2 women s or children s institution means an institution whether called an orphanage or a home for neglected woman or children or a widows.

Section 376 of indian penal code. Section 377 of the indian penal code is a section of the indian penal code introduced in 1861 during the british rule of india modelled on the buggery act of 1533 it makes sexual activities against the order of nature illegal on 6 september 2018 the supreme court of india ruled that the application of section 377 to consensual homosexual sex between adults was unconstitutional irrational. Punishment for rape. The indian penal code ipc is the official criminal code of india it is a comprehensive code intended to cover all substantive aspects of criminal law the code was drafted on the recommendations of first law commission of india established in 1834 under the charter act of 1833 under the chairmanship of lord thomas babington macaulay.

The first sub section says that whoever except in the cases covered under the second sub section commits rape shall be punished with simple or rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less. 376 a punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim. 1 whoever except in the cases provided for by sub section 2 commits rape shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than seven years but which may be for life or for a term which may extend to ten years and shall also be liable to fine unless the woman raped is his own wife and is not under twelve years of age.

Section 376 in the indian penal code. Legal provisions of section 376 of indian penal code 1860. It came into force in british india during the early.