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Thursday, February 8, 2018

India is one of the 36 countries where marital rape is still not a criminal offence

India is one of the 36 countries where marital rape, the act of sexual intercourse with one's spouse without the spouse's consent, is still not a criminal offence.

Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) considers forced sex in marriage as a crime only when the wife is below age 15.


Marital rape victims have to take recourse to the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 (PWDVA) for relief.

 The PWDVA, which came into force in 2006, outlaws marital rape.

 However, it offers only a civil remedy for the offence.



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