{"id":4595,"date":"2020-08-23T10:28:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T10:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lexforti.com\/legal-news\/?p=4595"},"modified":"2020-09-16T14:23:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T14:23:47","slug":"sexual-intercourse-under-the-pretext-of-marriage-a-rapeknow-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lexforti.com\/legal-news\/sexual-intercourse-under-the-pretext-of-marriage-a-rapeknow-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexual Intercourse under the pretext of marriage, A Rape?[Know here]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>intercourse under promise to marry constitutes rape only if from initial stage accused had no intention to keep the promise.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>Calcutta High Court (Lachmi @ Lakshmi Kanta Kamath vs The State Of West Bengal)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_47_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"ez-toc-toggle-icon-1\"><label for=\"item-6a2231ac9c112\" aria-label=\"Table of Content\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><input  type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item-6a2231ac9c112\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/lexforti.com\/legal-news\/sexual-intercourse-under-the-pretext-of-marriage-a-rapeknow-here\/#What_IPC_Say\" title=\"What IPC Say?\">What IPC Say?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/lexforti.com\/legal-news\/sexual-intercourse-under-the-pretext-of-marriage-a-rapeknow-here\/#How_about_Judgments\" title=\"How about Judgments?\">How about Judgments?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/lexforti.com\/legal-news\/sexual-intercourse-under-the-pretext-of-marriage-a-rapeknow-here\/#Before_2003\" title=\"Before 2003\">Before 2003<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/lexforti.com\/legal-news\/sexual-intercourse-under-the-pretext-of-marriage-a-rapeknow-here\/#Jayanti_Rani_Panda_v_State_of_West_Bengal_and_Ors_1984\" title=\"Jayanti Rani Panda v. State of West Bengal and Ors. (1984) \">Jayanti Rani Panda v. State of West Bengal and Ors. (1984) <\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/lexforti.com\/legal-news\/sexual-intercourse-under-the-pretext-of-marriage-a-rapeknow-here\/#Mir_Wali_Mohammad_v_The_State_of_Bihar_1990\" title=\"Mir Wali Mohammad v. The State of Bihar (1990)\">Mir Wali Mohammad v. The State of Bihar (1990)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/lexforti.com\/legal-news\/sexual-intercourse-under-the-pretext-of-marriage-a-rapeknow-here\/#Araj_Sk_v_State_of_West_Bengal_2001\" title=\"Araj Sk. v. State of West Bengal (2001)\">Araj Sk. v. State of West Bengal (2001)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/lexforti.com\/legal-news\/sexual-intercourse-under-the-pretext-of-marriage-a-rapeknow-here\/#During_2003\" title=\"During 2003 \">During 2003 <\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/lexforti.com\/legal-news\/sexual-intercourse-under-the-pretext-of-marriage-a-rapeknow-here\/#Uday_vs_State_of_Karnataka_Supreme_Court_2003\" title=\"Uday vs. State of Karnataka (Supreme Court | 2003)\">Uday vs. State of Karnataka (Supreme Court | 2003)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/lexforti.com\/legal-news\/sexual-intercourse-under-the-pretext-of-marriage-a-rapeknow-here\/#Post_2003\" title=\"Post 2003 \">Post 2003 <\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/lexforti.com\/legal-news\/sexual-intercourse-under-the-pretext-of-marriage-a-rapeknow-here\/#Deelip_Singh_v_State_of_Bihar_Supreme_Court_2005\" title=\"Deelip Singh v. State of Bihar (Supreme Court | 2005)\">Deelip Singh v. State of Bihar (Supreme Court | 2005)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/lexforti.com\/legal-news\/sexual-intercourse-under-the-pretext-of-marriage-a-rapeknow-here\/#Yedla_Srinivasa_Rao_v_State_of_AP_Supreme_Court_2006\" title=\"Yedla Srinivasa Rao v. State of A.P. (Supreme Court | 2006)\">Yedla Srinivasa Rao v. State of A.P. (Supreme Court | 2006)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/lexforti.com\/legal-news\/sexual-intercourse-under-the-pretext-of-marriage-a-rapeknow-here\/#Prashant_Bharti_v_State_of_NCT_of_Delhi_Supreme_Court_2013\" title=\"Prashant Bharti v. State of NCT of Delhi (Supreme Court | 2013)\">Prashant Bharti v. State of NCT of Delhi (Supreme Court | 2013)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/lexforti.com\/legal-news\/sexual-intercourse-under-the-pretext-of-marriage-a-rapeknow-here\/#Recent_Judgments\" title=\"Recent Judgments\">Recent Judgments<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/lexforti.com\/legal-news\/sexual-intercourse-under-the-pretext-of-marriage-a-rapeknow-here\/#Anurag_Soni_v_The_State_Of_Chhattisgarh_Supreme_Court_2019\" title=\"Anurag Soni v. The State Of Chhattisgarh (Supreme Court | 2019)\">Anurag Soni v. The State Of Chhattisgarh (Supreme Court | 2019)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/lexforti.com\/legal-news\/sexual-intercourse-under-the-pretext-of-marriage-a-rapeknow-here\/#Pramod_Suryabhan_Pawar_v_The_State_of_Maharashtra_Ors_Supreme_Court_2019\" title=\"Pramod Suryabhan Pawar v. The State of Maharashtra &amp; Ors. (Supreme Court | 2019)\">Pramod Suryabhan Pawar v. The State of Maharashtra &amp; Ors. (Supreme Court | 2019)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_IPC_Say\"><\/span>What IPC Say?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-black-color has-text-color\">Rape is defined under <strong>Section 375 IPC<\/strong> as a sexual act committed against a woman under the following condition i.e.,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-black-color has-text-color\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow\">\n<ol><li>Against her will;<\/li><li>Without her consent;<\/li><li>with her consent, when consent has been obtained under fear of death or hurt;<\/li><li>where consent has been given by the victim in the wrong belief that the man is her husband;<\/li><li>when the consent is given when she is of unsound mind or intoxicated and unable to understand the nature of the consequences of what she is consenting to;<\/li><li>consenting from a girl under the age of 18 years;<\/li><li>when she is not in a position to communicate the consent.;<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">So what does the Law Say about the consent on the pretext of non intended marriage? <strong>NOTHING!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_about_Judgments\"><\/span>How about Judgments?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">When it comes to the jurisprudential aspect to this issue, there always has been a division of rationale .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Before_2003\"><\/span>Before 2003<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">Before 2003, there was a general opinion amongst various High Courts that <strong>sex on pretext of unintended marriage is not an act of rape!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jayanti_Rani_Panda_v_State_of_West_Bengal_and_Ors_1984\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/indiankanoon.org\/doc\/607485\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jayanti Rani Panda v. State of West Bengal and Ors. (1984) <\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>Calcutta High Court<\/strong> held that the consent of a full-grown woman for an act of sexual intercourse on the pretext of marriage cannot be construed as Rape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mir_Wali_Mohammad_v_The_State_of_Bihar_1990\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/indiankanoon.org\/doc\/148007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mir Wali Mohammad v. The State of Bihar (1990)<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>Bihar High Court<\/strong> held that, <em>Though the lady gave her consent due to the false promise of marriage, she knew what was being asked from her and what she was giving her consent for. Hence, there was no misconception of fact and Section 90, I.P.C. has no application&#8221;. <\/em>Moreover, the Court hel<em>d that<\/em> this matter wouldn&#8217;t come under the purview of <strong>rape. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Araj_Sk_v_State_of_West_Bengal_2001\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/indiankanoon.org\/doc\/788365\/#:~:text=The%20offence%20of%20rape%20being,under%20Section%20212%2C%20I.P.C.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Araj Sk. v. State of West Bengal (2001)<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>Calcutta High Court<\/strong> held that such an act is in any way howsoever could not be construed as responsible conduct but it also won&#8217;t count as rape under Section 376 of IPC.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"During_2003\"><\/span>During 2003 <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Uday_vs_State_of_Karnataka_Supreme_Court_2003\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/indiankanoon.org\/doc\/1100330\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Uday vs. State of Karnataka (Supreme Court | 2003)<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>Supreme Court<\/strong> held that the act of sexual intercourse on the pretext of false promise to marry would be considered as a rape if, it qualifies the following of the two conditions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-black-color has-text-color\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow\">\n<ol><li>Consent was given under the misconception of the fact.<\/li><li>It must be proved that the person who obtained the consent knew or had reason to believe that the consent was given in consequence of such misconception.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Post_2003\"><\/span>Post 2003 <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Deelip_Singh_v_State_of_Bihar_Supreme_Court_2005\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/indiankanoon.org\/doc\/1181992\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deelip Singh v. State of Bihar (Supreme Court | 2005)<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>Supreme Court<\/strong> held that it has to be seen during the inception of the making of the promise, as to if the intention to marry the victim was true or hoax at the time of making it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Yedla_Srinivasa_Rao_v_State_of_AP_Supreme_Court_2006\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/indiankanoon.org\/doc\/1094063\/#:~:text=1369%20of%202004%20PETITIONER%3A%20Yedla,%2F09%2F2006%20BENCH%3A%20A.K.&amp;text=2004%20by%20the%20High%20Court,years%20and%20fine%20of%20Rs.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yedla Srinivasa Rao v. State of A.P. (Supreme Court | 2006)<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-black-color has-text-color\">It is now a settled principle that there is a distinction between a hoax promise or a mere breach of a promise. Facts of each case will determine the most probable case scenario w.r.t the present of the classification of promise. Things to be considered in each case would be varying from social status to the educational background of the boy, the age of girl, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Prashant_Bharti_v_State_of_NCT_of_Delhi_Supreme_Court_2013\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/indiankanoon.org\/doc\/89372902\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prashant Bharti v. State of NCT of Delhi (Supreme Court | 2013)<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-black-color has-text-color\">While the victim side of story is always given the preference, but if there arises a doubt in the mind of Court, Court will not proceed with the conviction based on the statement of Victim. Here in the present case, the victim was already married at the time of sexual intercourse. Therefore, the plea that the act of sex as done on the fake promise of marriage is baseless and the act wouldn&#8217;t be considered as an offence of Rape under Section 376 of IPC.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Recent_Judgments\"><\/span>Recent Judgments<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Anurag_Soni_v_The_State_Of_Chhattisgarh_Supreme_Court_2019\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/indiankanoon.org\/doc\/110473731\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anurag Soni v. The State Of Chhattisgarh (Supreme Court | 2019)<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-black-color has-text-color\">There is a distinction between a promise to marriage which is unfulfilled and there a promise which is just a hoax and it is the later one which will be concluded as misconception of fact and accused can be charged for the offence of rape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pramod_Suryabhan_Pawar_v_The_State_of_Maharashtra_Ors_Supreme_Court_2019\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/indiankanoon.org\/doc\/107689273\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pramod Suryabhan Pawar v. The State of Maharashtra &amp; Ors. (Supreme Court | 2019)<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-black-color has-text-color\"><em>To summarise the legal position that emerges from the above cases, the &#8220;consent&#8221; of a woman with respect to Section 375 must involve an active and reasoned deliberation towards the proposed act. To establish whether the &#8220;consent&#8221; was vitiated by a &#8220;misconception of fact&#8221; arising out of a promise to marry, two propositions must be established. The promise of marriage must have been a false promise, given in bad faith and with no intention of being adhered to at the time it was given. The false promise itself must be of immediate relevance, or bear a direct nexus to the woman&#8217;s decision to engage in the sexual act.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rohit Pradhan<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>intercourse under promise to marry constitutes rape only if from initial stage accused had no intention to keep the promise. Calcutta High Court (Lachmi @ Lakshmi Kanta Kamath vs The State Of West Bengal) What IPC Say? 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