Clarification regarding ipc 377
02-Apr-2024 (In Criminal Law)
Sir/madam, i have a query regarding ipc 377. Sir I want to know if a wife has filed a 377 against her husband with relevant medical evidence of anal penetration and injury, can he be acquitted on the basis of ipc 375 as marital rape is not a crime in india?
One has to decipher the provisions as stated. 375 can't be made out against the husband. Equivalently, 377 prima facie can not be made out against the husband. Medical evidence per se stating that there was something penetrated in the anal region won't constitute the offense, various other corobative circumstances are required to establish the guilty such as traces of semen in the anal region( if sexual intercourse is alleged) or creating a chain of circumstances which can establish the guilt. Per se, recently, Hon'ble High court of MP has already dictated that 377 can not be made out against the husband. However, it is a ground of cruelty and the wife can seek divorce or charge the husband under 498A
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