Hindi (romanized): 150 saal puraane bhartiya dand samhita (ai.pi.si.) kii aspasht dhara 377 kii vyakhya ke anusaar british aupniveshik sarkaar dwaara paarit ek kanoon ke tahat samalangikta ko tab tak ek aparaadh ke rup main dekha jaataa rahaa, jab tak ki 2 july 2009 ko dilli ucch nyaayalay ne sahmati se vayaskon ke bich nijee yon krityon ko aparaadh kii shrenee se baahar nahin kar diya.
English: Until the Delhi High Court decriminalised consensual private sexual acts between consenting adults on 2 July 2009, homosexuality was considered criminal as per interpretations of the ambiguous Section 377 of the 150-year-old Indian Penal Code (IPC), a law passed by the British colonial government.