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Having sex with dead body not an offence in India: Why a high court wants a law against necrophilia The verdict in the murder and subsequent rape of a woman in Karnataka's Tumakuru district has triggered a debate on the need for a separate law to prevent sexual violation of the dead . The person who is sexually attracted to or has sex with dead bodies is termed as a Necrophiliac . A necrophiliac may indulge in ways of oral sex, penile-vaginal intercourse to anal intercourse with the corpse, or even masturbation in the presence of the body. What is Necrophilia and its broad legal status in India and the world? The term Necrophilia finds its origins in the Greek words philios (attraction to/love) and nekros ( dead body ). Destructive means that the perpetrator mutilates the dead body for sexual purposes, while preservative means that the corpse is not mutilated.