ISLAMABAD:
A Senate committee on Wednesday unanimously approved amendments to the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), officially criminalizing necrophilia. This comes after years of legal vacuum in the matter.
Necrophilia refers to having sexual attraction to a corpse or committing sexual assault on a corpse.
The Senate Standing Committee on Interior, chaired by Senator Shahadat Awan, held a meeting at Parliament, in the presence of Senators Irfan-ul-Haq Siddiqui and Samina Mumtaz Zehri, as well as officials from various departments.
The committee unanimously approved the “Pakistan Penal Code (Amendment) Bill, 2024”, introduced by Senator Zehri.
The bill highlights the worrying phenomena of necrophilia in Pakistan, highlighting that similar laws have already been implemented in other countries to criminalize such acts.
The amendment specifically revises Article 377 of the PPC, which concerns “unnatural offenses.”
This new bill now includes corpses, making necrophilia punishable by life imprisonment.