The first final draft of the Indian Penal Code was submitted to the Governor-General of India in Council in 1837, but it did not take its place on the Indian Statute Book until a generation later, following the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
The first final draft of the Indian Penal Code was submitted to the Governor-General of India in Council in 1837. It did not take its place on the Indian Statute Book until a generation later. This was following the Indian Mutiny of 1857.