Section 375 of IPC

2. Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code
• Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code defines rape as "sexual
intercourse with a woman against her will, without her consent, by
coercion, misrepresentation or fraud or at a time when she has been
intoxicated or duped, or is of unsound mental health and in any case
if she is under 18 years of age."

3. It's rape if it falls under following categories:
• 1. Against her will.
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• 2. Without her consent.
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• 3. With her consent, when her consent has been obtained by putting her or any person in whom she is interested in fear of death
or of hurt.
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• 4. With her consent, when the man knows that he is not her husband, and that her consent is given because she believes that he is
another man to whom she is or believes herself to be lawfully married.
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• 5. With her consent, when, at the time of giving such a consent, by reason of unsoundness of mind or intoxication or the
administration by him personally or through another of any stupefying or unwholesome substance, she is unable to understand
the nature and consequences of that to which she gives consent.
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• 6. With or without her consent, when she is under sixteen years of age. Explanation: Penetration is sufficient to constitute the
sexual intercourse necessary to the offence of rape.

4. Consent under Section 375
• Consent is defined as clear, voluntary communication that the woman
gives for a certain sexual act. Marital rape is an exception to giving
consent as it is not a crime under the Indian Penal Code, as long as
the woman is above 18 years of age.

5. Exceptions to Section 375
• Sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife who is above the age
of 18, is not sexual assault.
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6. Amendment to Section 375 of IPC
• The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 or the Nirbhaya Act, was
passed in Parliament to amend Section 375. To remove ambiguity in
the earlier law and provide for strict punishment in cases of rarest
cases of sexual violence, the legislation was expanded to define acts
like penetration of penis into vagina, urethra, anus or mouth, or any
object or any part of body to any extent into the aforesaid woman
body parts (or making another person do so), as constituting an
offence of sexual assault. Applying mouth or touching private parts
were also classified as offences of sexual assault.

7. Punishment
• Except in certain aggravated situations, the punishment will be
imprisonment of not less than seven years but it may extend to
imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine. In aggravated
situations, punishment will be rigorous imprisonment for a term
which shall not be less than 10 years but which may extend to
imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.