Consent Within Marriage “Legally Immaterial” for Prosecuting Sexual Acts as Rape or Under Section 377 IPC: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The High Court of Madhya Pradesh, while partly allowing a quashment petition, has observed that in light of the statutory exception for marital relations, the aspect of consent within a marriage is legally immaterial for the purpose of prosecuting a husband for sexual acts that otherwise fall under the expanded definition of rape or “unnatural

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