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"If a woman tricks a man under false promise of marriage, she can't be prosecuted. But a man can be prosecuted for the same offence. What kind of law is this?" said Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque.
Of the 4,169 women who experienced sexual violence, 82 per cent said the perpetrator was their husband
A closer scrutiny of the legislative history of the Marital Rape Exception appears to indicate that it was perhaps always intended to be only a clarificatory provision, and nothing more.
Justices Rajiv Shakdher observed that the offence of rape and injury caused remains the same, irrespective of who the offender is. 'What may make, or mar, a marriage, cannot be predicted by us,' Justice C. Hari Shankar said.
The legal question before the court was whether Exception 2 in Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code is against the Constitution