Taranbir Singh
Nancy College of Law, Affiliated with Punjabi University, Patiala.
Abstract
Originally enshrined in Exception 2 to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and currently maintained in Section 63 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the marital rape exception in India shields husbands from criminal prosecution for engaging in non-consensual sexual relations with their wives, provided that the wife is under a certain age. […]