Sex with minor wife even if consensual is rape: Bombay HC | India News – Times of India
NAGPUR: Bombay high court‘s Nagpur bench recently ruled that sexual intercourse with a wife under 18 years of age, even if consensual, constitutes rape.The HC upheld the trial court’s order sentencing the convict 10 years of rigorous imprisonment, reinforcing Supreme Court’s precedent in Independent Thought versus Union of India. Delivering the verdict, Justice Govinda Sanap…