Please help me understand this Indian "law"

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It's India.  Where a woman protesting on the street about a series of gang rapes was gang raped and murdered.

Who understands their society and laws?

Yes, there are huge problems here. The rape culture being one of them. That doesn't mean the entire society and all the laws are absurd, you know. It's a country of 1.3 BILLION people, which is practicing a successful democracy. It is, truly, the biggest democracy in the world. That's something that needs to be considered before dissing it. 

It's the "Beat The Shit Out Of Your Own Kids" Law.

Very popular in primitive cultures.

Ok this made me laugh because it's true. Not exactly a primitive culture, but yes, that's that law in a much more coherent sentence than the one in the Penal Code. 

It means they don't understand or give a shit about kids.

Ok, this is where you're completely wrong. The culture has always been one of respecting your elders, and elders in turn, frankly, disrespecting their own children. Is that wrong? Absolutely. Does that mean they don't understand or give a shit about kids? No. Not at all. It's a different culture, man. Kids are said to be the flowers in the garden of God. In a hugely religious country, that really means something, even if it's only something to laugh at for atheists. And I can assure you, as a kid that's grew up half in India and half in US, kids here are on the whole much happier and more content than in US. And no, the only people who hit their kids are parents/guardians. And that too, rarely. Except in slums, which is a different story altogether, and contrary to popular belief, not representative of the majority of the population.

If this statute allows corporal punishment as long as it does not exceed to causing death, then I stick with my statement above. If this is just allowing for surgeries, etc. that involve the risk of death, then I am wrong. My criticism would only apply to the law makers, not the average  citizen of India.