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INDIAN PENAL CODE
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Description |
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A comprehensive code intended to cover all substantive
aspects of criminal law.
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Drafted in 1860 on the recommendations of first law
commission of India established in 1834 under the Charter
Act of 1833 under the Chairmanship of Thomas Babington
Macaulay.
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However, it did not apply automatically in the Princely
states, which had their own courts and legal systems until
the 1940s.
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It has since been amended several times and is now
supplemented by other criminal provisions.
- Based on IPC, Jammu and Kashmir has
enacted a separate code known as Ranbir Penal Code (RPC).
Indian Penal Code is not applicable in J&K under
Article 370 of the Indian constitution. The code was
introduced during the reign of Dogra dynasty with Ranbir
Singh as its ruler.
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