Introducing Anti-Superstition Laws In South India: The Horrors Of Witchcraft And Narabali (Human Sacrifice)
- IJLLR Journal
- Jun 10
- 1 min read
Prof. Mrudhul M Shenoy, Assistant Professor, VIT School of Law, VIT University, Chennai
Mudunuru Kalyana Kartika Pallavi, LLM, VIT School of Law, VIT University, Chennai
ABSTRACT
The society is in a race of technological advancements while harmonizing their cultural relevance. However, along with such cultural practices, certain uncanny and dark practices still breathe across India namely the occult practices. These occult practices are highly regional and differ significantly. However, one final act of offering in these diverse occult practices is witchcraft and human sacrifice. The witchcraft and human sacrifices are actively practiced in South India where vulnerable groups are victimized to such horrors. The blood bath i.e. Narabali is expected to give fortune and treasures at the cost of lives and massacres, which is motivated by a godman. The existing criminal laws stand incompetent to measure and accommodate these phenomena within their words which has these horrors unaccounted.
Keywords: Anti-Superstition, Narabali, Witchcraft, Godman, Scapegoat, Criminal justice
