Husband can only be convicted for sexual intercourse with minor wife above 15 years after 2017; Allahabad HC sets aside conviction in 20-year-old case
“From the foregoing observations as held by Supreme Court in Independent Thought case, it is very much apparent that exception 2 of Section 375 IPC has been struck down on the ground that said provision is inconsistent with the provisions of POCSO Act and is also violative of Article 14, 15 and 21. But it has also been held that the said judgment will have a prospective effect.”