Section 376 News Today

Additional District Judge Gyanendra Tripathi sentenced the woman to 1,653 days of imprisonment, the same period the man had spent in jail after the false accusation.

While a series of petitions seeking to criminalise marital rape is presently pending before the Supreme Court, the Gujarat High Court, in an important observation, recently said that rape is a rape,...

The Kerala High Court has quashed a rape case based on false promise of marriage, finding that the parties (accused and de facto complainant) had gotten married under the Special Marriage Act.Taking...

The complainant was initially in a long-distance relationship with the US-based elder son of the woman. - Can Women Be Charged With Rape? Supreme Court To Examine

Advocate P G Manu had been appointed as senior government pleader in 2021. Prior to that, he had served as a special prosecutor in Kochi for the National Investigation Agency.

EFLU students in Hyderabad protest all night after a student is sexually assaulted on campus. The students are demanding the resignation of the Vice Chancellor and Proctor, and the reconstitution of the sexual harassment committee.

The Allahabad High Court ordered a man accused of committing rape on the pretext of marriage to not put the alleged victim's photo as his display picture on WhatsApp or Facebook as a condition for his release on bail.

The Delhi High Court has held that sexual relationships between two consenting adults, who are already married to other partners, do not warrant legal protection.

High Court said that protection Section 376 (rape) is not available to a woman who was not legally entitled to marry the person with whom she was in sexual relationship with.

According to the FIR, her family had fixed her wedding with a 22-year-old man from her village last year, and they have been meeting regularly since then.