Section 376 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860
376. Punishment for rape.—
(1) Whoever, except in the cases provided for in sub-section (2), commits ... rape, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment of either description for a term which [shall not be less than ten years, but which may extend
husband has, since the solemnisation of the marriage, been guilty of rape, sodomy or bestiality; or (iii) that in a suit under section
114A. Presumption as to absence of consent in certain prosecution for rape. In a prosecution for rape under clause (a), clause (b), clause (c), clause ... without the consent of the woman alleged to have been raped and such woman states in her evidence before the court that
Section 376D in The Indian Penal Code, 1860
376D. Gang rape
Where a woman is raped by one or more persons constituting a group ... those persons shall be deemed to have committed the offence of rape and shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall
Section 375 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860
375. Rape.—
A man is said to commit "rape" if he— (a) penetrates his penis ... sexual activity. Exception 1.— A medical procedure or intervention shall not constitute rape. Exception 2.— Sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with
whether A was ravished. The facts that, shortly after the alleged rape, she made a complaint relating to the crime, the circumstances under which
cause of his or her death, referring respectively to the murder, the rape, and the actionable wrong under consideration are relevant facts. (b) The question
investigate the case. [Provided further that in relation to an offence of rape, the recording of statement of the victim shall be conducted
Courts be directed to
refrain from making observations and imposing conditions in rape and sexual assault
cases, at any stage of judicial proceedings, that trivialize ... that
such compromise is of no relevance when deciding on cases of rape and sexual
assault.
6. The appellants brought to the notice of this
which the respondents were
acquitted of the charge of abduction and rape. For what
follows, the judgment impugned in this appeal, presents a
rather disquietening ... casting unjustified stigmas on a prosecutrix aged below 16
years in a rape case, by overlooking human psychology and
behavioral probabilities. An intrinsically wrong approach
