Section 377 of IPC Archives

Section 377 of IPC cannot be applied to criminalise marital sex: Delhi High Court

The Court stated that the charge under Section 377 of IPC could not have been framed against the husband. A ‘consensual’ oral or anal intercourse between any two adults, in private, is not a criminal offence punishable under Section 377 of IPC.

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Allahabad High Court rejects second bail application of a man accused of committing unnatural sex with cows

Allahabad High Court said that no new ground has been taken by the accused in the second bail application

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“Mother’s evidence is the best evidence in such cases”; Calcutta High Court upholds conviction under Section 377 of IPC in 3-year-old’s sexual assault case

Calcutta High Court held that there does not appear to be any discrepancies in the statements and evidence provided, therefore the same can be considered reliable and trustworthy, beyond all reasonable doubt.

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Bom HC | Fact of unnatural intercourse with a 9 year old child proved by digital medical examination: Conviction of accused upheld

Bombay High Court: Vibha Kankanwadi, J., upheld the Special Court’s decision for conviction of a person accused of having committed unnatural intercourse with