Section 375 Archives

‘Consent derived in fear of injury or misconception of fact is no consent’: Bombay HC refuses to quash proceedings against accused for offences including rape

The Court noted that Section 90 of IPC does not define the term “consent”, but the law does not see “consent derived from a fear of injury and misconception of fact” as consent.

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Love is blind but minor girl was made blind by intoxication to fulfil sexual desire’; Meghalaya HC upholds 20 yrs conviction for sexually assaulting minor girlfriend

In the guise of loving the minor girl, the boy had poured some intoxicating substance in the tea which made the girl unconscious and had aggravated sexual intercourse with her.

Case Briefs High Courts

Gujarat High Court discharges Man from charges of rape by calling it a case of consensual sex and not false promise of marriage

The Complainant had filed a second FIR against the accused just after the parties had arrived at a settlement before the Court and the first FIR against the accused was quashed.

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Split Verdict on Criminalisation of Marital Rape Decision: One strikes down the exception, one upholds [Report to be updated]

In the batch of petitions filed asking for striking down marital rape to be an exception under the Penal Code, 1860, Delhi