Offence of Rape under IPC should be made gender-neutral: Kerala High Court remarks
'If a woman tricks a man under false promise of marriage, she can't be prosecuted. But a man can be prosecuted for the same offence. It should be gender neutral," Justice A Muhamed Mustaque orally remarked.
While hearing a heated custody battle between a divorced couple, Justice A Muhamed Mustaque made a pertinent observation regarding the lack of gender neutrality in the Indian penal provisions dealing with rape.