[BREAKING] Karnataka High Court refuses to quash rape case against husband

Single-judge Justice M Nagaprasanna said that the institution of marriage cannot be used to confer any special male privilege or a license for unleashing of a "brutal beast" on the wife.
Justice M Nagaprasanna and Karnataka High Court
Justice M Nagaprasanna and Karnataka High Court

In what could be a significant development on jurisprudence surrounding consent in marital relationships, the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday declined to quash the charge of rape framed under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against a man accused of raping and keeping his wife as a sex slave [Hrishikesh Sahoo v. State of Karnataka].

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