Relationship with wife over 15 years of age is not a crime: Allahabad HC

- In another case recently, the Allahabad High Court said that having a false promise of marriage and having sex should be considered as a crime of misdemeanor.

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The Allahabad High Court in Uttar Pradesh passed a judgment on Thursday. During the hearing of a case, the court said that having sex with a wife over the age of 15 should not be considered a misdemeanor.

The High Court has granted bail to the accused husband in a case of having sex with a minor wife. In the case, the husband was accused of abusing her for dowry and having unnatural sex.

The court said that section 375 of the IPC was amended in the year 2013 and therefore it does not fall under the category of misdemeanor.

This case is from Moradabad. There, the wife filed a case against her husband for dowry, assault and forcible sexual intercourse. An application was filed in the Allahabad High Court by the husband in the case.

In another case recently, the Allahabad High Court had said that having sex by falsely promising marriage should be considered as a misdemeanor. The High Court also spoke of enacting a law in that regard.