Rape
A man is said to commit Rape if he –
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penetrates his penis, to any extent, into the vagina, mouth, urethra or anus of a woman or makes her to do so with him or any other person; or
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inserts, to any extent, any object or a part of the body, not being the penis, into the vagina, the urethra or anus of a woman or makes her to do so with him or any other person; or
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manipulates any part of the body of a woman so as to cause penetration into the vagina, urethra, anus or any part of body of such woman or makes her to do so with him or any other person; or
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applies his mouth to the vagina, anus, urethra of a woman or makes her to do so with him or any other person,
under any of the following circumstances –
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Against her will.
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Without her consent.
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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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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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With her consent when, at the time of giving such 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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With or without her consent, when she is under eighteen years of age.
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When she is unable to communicate consent.
A medical procedure or intervention shall not constitute rape. Also, sexual intercourse by a man with his wife, the wife not being under fifteen years of age, is not rape. Consent of a girl below the age of eighteenis immaterial. A conviction on a charge of rape on the uncorroborated testimony of the victim / prosecutrix islegal. And the mere fact that a victim / prosecutrix was of loose moral character and was used to sexual intercourse, cannot be used to disbelieve her statement.
