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Sexual Assault On Wife Is Rape: Karnataka HC

Mar 24, 2022 | Pratirodh Bureau

The court said a minor's psyche is vulnerable, impressionable and in a developing stage and sexual harassment has the potential to cause mental trauma which may dictate the child's thought process for years to come

The Karnataka High Court, on Wednesday, said a brutal act of sexual assault on the wife, against her consent, albeit by the husband, cannot but be termed to be rape.

It said such sexual assault by a husband on his wife will have grave consequences on the mental state of the wife; it will have both psychological and physiological impact on her.

Further stating that such acts of husbands scar the souls of their wives, the court observed that it is, therefore, imperative for the lawmakers to now “hear the voices of silence”.

The single judge bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna made these observations while refusing to interfere with the proceedings initiated against a man, the petitioner, on charges of rape and cruelty, as also offences under the POCSO Act for alleged sexual acts against his wife and daughter.

“If a man, a husband, a man he is, can be exempted from the allegation of commission of ingredients of Section 375 of the IPC (rape), inequality percolates into such provision of law,” the court said.

Stating that all human beings under the Constitution are to be treated equally, be it a man, be it a woman and others, it said any thought of inequality, in any provision of law, would fail the test of Article 14 of the Constitution.

“Woman and man being equal under the Constitution cannot be made unequal by Exception-2 to Section 375 of the IPC,” it further said, adding it is for the lawmakers to ponder over the existence of such inequalities in law.

Pointing out that for ages man, donning the robes of a husband, has used the wife as his chattel. The court said, “The age-old thought and tradition that the husbands are the rulers of their wives, their body, mind and soul should be effaced. It is only on this archaic, regressive and preconceived notion, the cases of this kind are mushrooming in the nation.”

Tags: Article 14 of the Constitution, Karnataka High Court, POCSO Act, Pratirodh, sexual assault

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