Mumbai: Non-consensual intercourse with a wife who is below 18 years of age constitutes the offence of rape, the Bombay High Court said while upholding

Mumbai: Upholding a 10-year sentence for a man against whom his wife had lodged a rape complaint, the Bombay High Court ruled that consensual sex with a minor wife constitutes rape. The court observed that the legal defence for such an act cannot be accepted under the law, reported the India Today. This observation was […]

The Bombay High Court upheld a 10-year sentence for a man accused of raping his minor wife, ruling that consensual sex with a minor, even in marriage, constitutes rape under the law.