Santali to English:
᱒᱐᱐᱙ᱼᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱒ᱨᱟ ᱡᱩᱞᱟᱤ ᱞᱟᱦᱟ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸᱛᱤᱱᱟᱹᱜ ᱫᱤᱱ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱵᱤᱡᱽ ᱫᱤᱞᱞᱤ ᱦᱟᱭᱠᱳᱴ ᱫᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫᱚᱜᱽ ᱩᱢᱟᱹᱨ ᱯᱩᱨᱟᱹᱣᱟᱠᱟᱱᱛᱟᱠᱩ ᱢᱩᱫᱽᱨᱮ ᱨᱟᱹᱡᱤᱭᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟᱜᱽ ᱱᱤᱡᱟᱹ ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱧ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱜᱷᱟᱹᱴᱟᱱᱟᱜᱽ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱵᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱭᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ, ᱵᱨᱤᱴᱤᱥ ᱩᱯᱟᱹᱱᱤᱵᱮᱥᱤᱠ ᱥᱚᱨᱠᱟᱨ ᱫᱟᱨᱟᱭᱛᱮ ᱯᱟᱥᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱑᱕᱐ ᱥᱮᱨᱢᱟ ᱢᱟᱨᱮᱱ ᱵᱷᱟᱨᱚᱛᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱥᱟᱹᱡᱟᱹᱭᱟᱹᱨᱤ (ᱟᱭ.ᱯᱤ.ᱥᱤ) ᱟᱹᱱ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱟᱝᱯᱩᱥᱴᱟᱹᱣ ᱓᱗᱗ ᱫᱷᱟᱨᱟ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱤᱪᱷᱱᱟᱹᱣ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱥᱚᱢᱚᱠᱟᱢᱤᱛᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱟᱹᱭ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮᱜᱤ ᱵᱷᱟᱹᱵᱤᱛᱚᱜᱽᱠᱟᱱ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾
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.