Chhattisgarh HC Rules Out Marital Rape As Criminal Offense
Sexual intercourse between legally wedded husband and wife even if by force cannot be termed as “marital rape,” stated the Chhattisgarh High Court. The HC asserted that “sexual intercourse or sexual act by a man with his wife, the wife not being under 18 years of age, is not rape.” However, the court has informed that the husband can be booked under IPC Section 377 (unnatural sex).