Where is necrophilia illegal

Despite its knowledge, the word 'necrophilia' finds little to no recognition in the book of laws of most countries. South Africa and the United Kingdom are the only two countries that have incorporated punishment specifically for necrophilia. In the USA, there is no federal law that penalizes the same, but each state has their legislation — in Washington necrophilia is a Felony, Nevada also penalizes the offence under a felony.

However, in Texas, it is only a misdemeanour. Section of the Indian Penal Code, IPC , makes a vague attempt at incorporating the defiling of a dead body within its statutory confinements.

But there are a numerous limitations with the said provision. Firstly, only those persons can be treated as liable for acts prohibited under Sub-section 1 who have trespassed into the burial grounds.

A morgue keeper, an employee in the morgue, guards of the morgue or guards of the burial grounds and keeper of the burial grounds or any other person who is present at either place under their official capacity cannot be held liable even if they are caught indulged in any of the acts prohibited under Sub-section 1 since they have not trespassed into either of the places.

The provision falls flat at the very first requirement. Secondly, the punishment attached is imprisonment up to a year or fine or both. The most prominent case of necrophilia in India was the Nithari case of where serial killers Surendra Koli and Mohinder Singh Pandher were booked after it was discovered that 19 girls were missing.

It was later found that the duo used to murder the girls and thereafter had sexual intercourse with the body. As evidence, several pornographic CDs and pictures of naked children and women were recovered by the police officials from their house. Subsequently, a case was registered against Kohli under various sections of the IPC, including rape, murder, kidnapping and criminal conspiracy.

However, the CBI had a tough time charging Pandher and Kohli with necrophilia, as there were no well-defined laws in the country dealing with the crime. Fourteen years later, we're no better. This would completely rule out Section Necrophilia can be of various types.

Necro means 'dead' and philia means 'love' in Greek. Necrophilia can be of a romantic nature not able to let go of a deceased loved one and not always sexual sex with body or sadistic A romantic necrophiliac refers to people who don't believe a loved one is dead. In such cases, they tend to mummify the body and keep it and speak to it as though it were still alive. Other researchers have grouped necrophilia into ten classifications ranging from 'role players' to homicidal necrophiles, who will kill and make sure that their victim is dead, before raping the body.

The problem with many necrophilia crimes is that unless a specific law exists for making the acts illegal, it can become difficult to punish. Bestiality is another such concern. There are no studies indicating statistics on sexual activity with animals in the country.

Most sexologists say it's high in rural areas and among those living in close proximity to livestock. In a report for The Conversation , John Tyror wrote:. Currently under the law if the perpetrator murders a victim and then rapes the victim after the murder, there would be only be one. A rape implies a victim, which in turn implies the assignment of personhood to a corpse.

When you die, you lose your status as a person, Troyer explains, although you are still human, your body or your remains are quasi property. Such nuances are what partially explain why anti-necrophilia legislation is so complex. Necrophilia is prosecutable in a variety of different ways across the United States. Unlike the United Kingdom, which has an explicit and robust anti-necrophilia law under the sexual offenses act, the United States has no such central legislation.

A minority of states — including Arizona and Georgia — has explicit anti-necrophilia laws. There are eight states, including Nebraska, Kansas and Vermont, where there are no laws on the books whatsoever making necrophilia prosecutable.