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This document provides background on the Indian Penal Code (IPC). 1) The IPC was introduced to provide a general penal code that would be applicable to all of India, as different regions previously followed separate legal systems. 2) It replaced prior legal frameworks like Hindu law, Muslim law, and common law. 3) The IPC did not emerge suddenly but was the result of a historical evolution, including early sources of criminal substantive law like the Arthashastra by Kautilya and the 18 heads of law ou

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Harneet Kaur

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