SOCIO-LEGAL ASPECTS OF NECROPHILIA IN INDIA AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

AUTHOR – VARSHA BHAUSAHEB AROTE, STUDENT AT N. B. THAKUR LAW COLLEGE, NASHIK, SAVITRIBAI PHULE PUNE UNIVERSITY, PUNE, MAHARASHTRA.

BEST CITATION – VARSHA BHAUSAHEB AROTE, SOCIO-LEGAL ASPECTS OF NECROPHILIA IN INDIA AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 4 (3) OF 2024, PG. 445-450, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.

ABSTRACT

This research is a comparative analysis of necrophilia between India and the U.S.A. These two countries’ legal, artistic, and social confines differ greatly. In the U.S.A, where necrophilia is a felonious offense distributed under the laws related to the irreverence of the corpses, having concentrated on the postmortem concurrence issues. In India, no separate law has explicitly defined necrophilia but it comes under section 301 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, earlier section 297 of Indian Penal Code. Necrophilia is no new conception, as both countries have seen cases of necrophilia and have dealt with the cases with or without any unequivocal laws. The research paper not only claws into the legal perspective of both countries but also includes the social and ethical aspects of necrophilia.

KEYWORDS : necrophilia, crime, corpses, disorder, dignity, sexual offences.