This paper advances a normative and doctrinal shift from public-decency and burial-site offences to a direct, dignity based criminalization of a offence of necrophilia. It argues that the consent analysis collapses post-mortem, and that the protected interests should be framed as posthumous dignity and bodily integrity, with recognition of relational and public harms. Using Indian constitutional jurisprudence that extends dignity beyond death and comparative models such as the United Kingdom’s Sexual Offences Act 2003 (section 70) and Canada’s Criminal Code (section 182), the paper demonstrates that South Asian frameworks relying on ―indignity‖ and place based triggers are under inclusive and doctrinally misaligned. It proposes a standalone offence defining sexual contact with a corpse, clarifying a mens-rea (guilty mind), enumerating aggravations, and carving out lawful medical and funerary activities. The proposed approach improves legal clarity, prosecutorial practice, and consistency with constitutional values, even in cases where no living victim can give consent or make complain.