Who drafted the Indian Penal Code?
Thomas Babington Macaulay
B.R. Ambedkar
Sir Arthur Hobhouse
Warran Hastings
The first draft of the Indian Penal Code was prepared by the First Law Commission, chaired by Thomas Babington Macaulay. The draft was based on the simple codification of the law of England, while at the same time borrowing elements from the Napoleanic Code and Louisiana Civil Code of 1825. Hence the correct option is A.