HC : Petition of Accused Who Allegedly Made A "Woman Pregnant" Dismissed
June 2021
In the recent Judgment [Citation : [2021] GCtR 1171] pronounced in the month of June 2021, where the accused had approached Hon'ble HC to quash the case related to allegations of rape, the petition filed by the rape-accused was dismissed and Hon'ble HC did not find any ground to quash the case.
In this case, the woman has alleged that she became pregnant number of times by cohabitation with the accused.
It is relevant to note that Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2018 was notified in the Gazette on 11 August 2018 which had effect from 21 April 2018 and this Amendment Act attempted to amend S.376 as well. Further, S.376 AB was added which relates to woman below 12 years of age and S.376DA was also added which was related to a woman below 16 years of age. Aside that, the Amendment Act of 2018 also amended the S.154 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
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