Marital Rape Exception
Definition
Exception 2 to BNS 2023 Section 63 (carrying forward IPC 375 Exception 2): intercourse by a man with his own wife not under 18 is not rape. Read down to wife not under 18 by Independent Thought (2017).
Related terms
- Consent
- Under BNS 2023 Explanation 2 to Section 63, unequivocal voluntary agreement by words, gestures or any verbal or non-verbal communication. Absence of...
- Fast-Track Court
- Designated court (often Fast Track Special Court, FTSC) set up under the 2019 scheme to dispose POCSO and rape cases within stipulated...
- MoH&FW Protocol 2014
- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Guidelines and Protocols for Medico-legal Care for Survivors and Victims of Sexual Violence, 2014. Standardised history,...
- Penetration
- Even slight penetration of the vagina, mouth, urethra or anus by the penis, any body part, or any object is sufficient to...
- POCSO 2012
- The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012 (India); establishes criminal liability for child sexual abuse but does not mandate sex-offender...
- Rape (BNS 2023 Section 63)
- Sexual intercourse or specified penetrative acts by a man with a woman without her consent, against her will, by coercion, by misrepresentation,...
- Sexual Assault (POCSO)
- Under POCSO 2012, any non-penetrative sexual touch of a child with sexual intent. Aggravated sexual assault attracts higher punishment when committed by...
- Statutory Rape
- Sexual intercourse with a person below the age of consent (18 in India), regardless of consent. The minor's consent is legally irrelevant.
- Two-Finger Test
- Discredited per-vaginal examination once used to comment on habituation to intercourse. Banned by the Supreme Court in Lillu @ Rajesh v State...
Explained in
- Sexual Offences: Medicolegal Importance and AmendmentsException 2 to BNS 2023 Section 63 (carrying forward IPC 375 Exception 2): intercourse by a man with his own wife not under 18 is not rape. Read down to wife n...