ABSTRACT

The United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea regime makes it incumbent upon the capturing state to effectively prosecute the apprehended pirates as per their domestic laws. Many states, including India, have not developed piracy-related domestic legislation; therefore, the domestic courts face various substantive and procedural challenges during trial. Indian judiciary relies on various criminal law statues to prosecute maritime pirates, none of which defines piracy as a crime in India. The Indian government has recently introduced the Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill, 2019. This paper seeks to examine the prosecution of maritime pirates in India and identify the existing gaps within the legal framework. Further, this paper discusses the Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill, 2019 in detail to determine if it can achieve effective prosecution of maritime pirates by filling in the gaps of the current Indian criminal law regime.

摘要

《联合国海洋法公约》制度规定，捕获国有责任根据其国内法有效起诉被逮捕的海盗。包括印度在内的许多国家尚未制定与盗版相关的国内立法；因此，国内法院在审判过程中面临着各种实质性和程序性的挑战。印度司法机构依靠各种刑法法规来起诉海盗，其中没有一项将海盗行为定义为印度的犯罪行为。印度政府最近推出了 2019 年反海盗法案。本文旨在审查印度对海盗的起诉，并确定法律框架内的现有差距。此外，本文还讨论了反海盗法案，