Nominal IndexNG & others And State of Karnataka & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 190Reeth Abraham And Sunil Abraham. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 191G Jagadish Kumar And K G Murali. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 192Prasad A A.
Nominal IndexCentral Public Information Officer/Deputy Director General, Doordarshan Kendra And Central Information Commission & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 165D K Shivakumar And State of Karnataka. 2023.
Court concluded that such acts cannot be considered sexual offenses or unnatural offenses under Sections 375 and 377 of the IPC The Karnataka High Court has ruled that sexual assault on the body of a deceased woman does not constitute the offense of rape under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code. Consequently, the court
The HC stated that 'rape on a dead body' should either be punishable under the ambit of section 377 of IPC or a separate provision must be made to punish the offenders. The court also quoted the example of countries like England, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa, where necrophilia is treated as a punishable offence
The Karnataka High Court has held that sexual assault on the dead body of woman will not attract the offence of Rape punishable under Section 376 of Indian Penal Code. It thus acquitted a man of rape.