Ranbir Penal Code

Jammu and Kashmir State Ranbir Penal Code or RPC was the main criminal code applicable in the erstwhile Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian Penal Code, applicable elsewhere in India, was not applicable here under Article 370 of the Constitution of India. It came into force in 1932.[1] The code was introduced during the reign of Dogra dynasty with Ranbir Singh as its ruler and hence named after him.[2] It was made on the lines of Indian Penal Code prepared by Thomas Babington Macaulay. Now it has been removed as the Parliament of India has passed the bill to scrap provisions of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution on 5 August 2019.[3] The constitution of India which was applicable to the rest of India except Jammu and Kashmir, has now become applicable in the region of Jammu and Kashmir which has now become a Union Territory along with the Ladakh region as a separate Union Territory after the successful passage of the Jammu and Kashmir reorganization bill in the Rajya Sabha[4] and Lok Sabha[5] respectively. The Ranbir Penal Code has thus been dissolved. Henceforth, the Indian Penal Code has come into force in the region.

Ranbir Penal Code 1932
Dogra dynasty
Territorial extentJammu and Kashmir
Enacted1932
Assented to1932
Commenced1932
Repealed2019
Status: Repealed

References
  1. Pasayat, Arijit. "Kunti Devi vs Som Raj And Ors on 23 September, 2004". Supreme Court of India. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  2. Singh, Bhim (6 February 2010). "Bitter realities of political history of J&K". vijayvaani.com. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  3. Lal Kalla, Krishan. The Literary Heritage of Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir: Mittal Publications. p. 75. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  4. "Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Bill passed in Rajya Sabha". 5 August 2019.
  5. "Kashmir debate LIVE: LS passes Bill reorganising Jammu and Kashmir". 6 August 2019.
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