Sexual act by husband not rape, even if it’s by force: Chhattisgarh high court

恰蒂斯加尔邦高等法院：丈夫即使强迫妻子发生性行为也不算强奸

RAIPUR: Sexual intercourse or sexual act by a man with his wife, who is not under 18 years of age, is “not rape even if it is by force or against her wish,” observed the Chhattisgarh high court while discharging a man of rape charges. The complainant had alleged that her husband had made “unnatural physical relation” with her several times.

赖布尔：恰蒂斯加尔邦高等法院在解除一名男子的强奸指控时表示，一名男子与不满18岁的妻子发生性行为，“即使是违背妻子的意愿强行发生关系，也不属于强奸”。原告声称她的丈夫多次与她发生“反常的身体关系”。

In her complaint to the police, filed after efforts to settle their dispute went in vain, the woman also alleged that her husband and two of his relatives began harassing her for dowry within days of marriage.

在努力解决争端无果之后，这名女子向警方投诉，称在结婚几天后她的丈夫和他的两个亲戚就开始骚扰她索要嫁妆。

On January 22 this year, the Bemetara additional sessions judge ordered framing of charges under IPC Sections 376 (rape), 498A (dowry harassment), 377 (unnatural offence) and 34 (common intention) against the husband, and under Section 498-A against his two relatives.

今年1月22日，Bemetara附加法庭法官下令根据IPC第376条(强奸)、第498A条(嫁妆骚扰)、第377条(违反自然的罪行)和第34条(共同意图)对丈夫进行指控，并根据第498-A条对他的两个亲戚进行指控。

When the accused moved high court, Justice NK Chandravanshi passed his verdict on August 23, upholding the other charges but discharging the husband of rape charge.

当被告上诉至高等法院时，法官NK Chandravanshi于8月23日做出了判决，维持了其他指控，但解除了对丈夫的强奸指控。

“The complainant is the legally wedded wife… therefore, sexual intercourse or any sexual act with her by the husband would not constitute an offence of rape, even if it was by force or against her wish,” the order said, adding that framing of charge under Section 376 of IPC is thus “erroneous and illegal”.

判决称：“原告是被告合法结婚的妻子……因此，丈夫与她发生性关系或任何性行为都不构成强奸罪，即使是强迫或违背她的意愿。因此，根据IPC第376条的指控是“错误的、非法的”。

以下是印度时报读者的评论： 译者：Jessica.Wu

Love Rebel

if woman finds it forceful they can always separate

如果女方觉得是强迫的，他们可以离婚

bodh ramdeo

With such ruling, by what is clearly a retrograde, misogynistic, male chauvinist "judge", leaves one to wonder if India has even progressed beyond the 12th century.

这样的判决，显然是由一个倒退的、厌恶女性的、大男子主义的“法官”做出的，让人怀疑印度是否过了12世纪。

sarangath

This is why prostitution must be legalized in India, and all this headache will go away.

这就是卖淫必须在印度合法化的原因，所有这些令人头痛的问题都将会消失。

Am Pm

Divorces in india should be quick and painless. Couples should be allowed to date before marriage.

在印度，离婚手续要加快，应该允许情侣在结婚前约会。

Shasti Brata

Force, by anyone, to derive sexual gratification from a woman, is WRONG by any definition in a de ocratic nation.

在一个敏煮国家，无论怎么看，强行从女性身上获得性满足都是错的。

Mahendra Patel

 Even female animal will attack and not allow forcible sex

即使是雌性动物也会攻击，不允许强行发生性行为

Ajjampur Ramadas

Marriage is a 'pure and sacred' word used for mingling of two different minds (souls) to act as one, not physical bodies alone. Otherwise, there is no meaning of marriage. Sorry to say, I do not agree with the court's ruling.

婚姻是一个“纯洁而神圣”的词，指的是两种不同的思想(灵魂)合二为一，而不仅仅是肉体。否则，婚姻就没有意义了。很抱歉，我不同意法院的裁决。

Siva K

Those who make false charges must also be punished severely.

那些诬告的人也必须受到严惩。

Sharad Kumar

The judge should have experienced this act before passing the order

在判决之前法官应该发生过这种行为

Indian

Is it application of mind? Unnatural sex is punishable. Sex by force is punishable. She must go for appeal.

反常的性行为是要受到惩罚的。强行发生关系是要受惩罚的。她必须上诉。

Guest Login

Even some of our high courts are so retrogressive. How can a person force his will on another person and sanctify it as a right? Individual freedom to decide for oneself is a basic right and here the state is supporting rape!

甚至我们的一些高等法院也如此落伍了。一个人怎么能把自己的意志强加给另一个人，并把这神圣化为一种权利呢？

个人自由自己做决定是一项基本权利，而国家却支持强奸！

Am Pm

Women have always the choice to leave the marriage. On the other hand if the husband is not getting the sex he wants what options he has? Can he go outside marriage and have sex or seek divorce on the ground of non satisfying wife?

女方总是可以选择离婚。另一方面，如果丈夫没有得到他想要的性，他有什么选择？

他能以不满意妻子为理由，去外面和别人发生性关系，或者要求离婚吗？

User

Idiot gawaar judges. This is the quality of judges you get because if all the quota and VIP system in India and this is why rapist get free and become politicians. Such judges or lawyers who side with rapists need to be thrashed in public.

这就是强奸犯逍遥法外并成为政客的原因。应该在公开场合鞭打支持强奸犯的法官或律师。

Sid Thakur

whaddafaq is wrong with these HC judges???

高等法院的法官怎么了?

Anonymous Delhite

No wonder you see Rapists offering to marry the victims to avoid prison.

难怪会看到强奸犯提出与受害者结婚以避免坐牢。

Prabhakar

Marriage does not mean that a men can put pressure on the lady. Marriage is not a licence to have forceful sex.

婚姻并不意味着男人可以给女人施加压力。婚姻不是强行发生性行为的许可证。

Guest

Continued preference of a wife not to have sex with her husband is wrong. While this has been accepted as a valid ground for husband to seek divorce, sad reality is that such process is not only complex, but it also attracts public ridicule. ... ...

妻子不愿与丈夫过夫妻生活是不对的。虽然这被认为是丈夫寻求离婚的正当理由，但可悲的现实是，离婚过程不仅复杂，而且还会招致公众的嘲笑.......

Sunil Chitravanshi

If marital rape is recognised by law & becomes a punishable offence, just imagine the plight of the husband who can easily be accused of committing this crime by the wife whenever she wishes to teach him a lesson. So should a husband wanting to make love, seek a written permission from his wife to do so & keep a proper record of it?

如果婚内强奸被法律承认并成为一种应受惩罚的罪行，试想一下丈夫的困境，每当妻子想要给他一个教训时，他就很容易被妻子指控犯下这种罪行。那么，丈夫想要过夫妻生活时，是否应该寻求妻子的书面许可并做好记录呢?

CK Raju

A Taliban verdict...

塔利班式的判决……

Nilesh Borkar

Women should have the right to decide when they want to have sex with their husbands. They are not at the mercy of their husbands. in the same way they cannot file false complaints against their husbands of dowry and stuff like that. Law needs to be updated.

女性应该有权决定何时与丈夫同房。她们不受丈夫的支配。同样，丈夫也不能就嫁妆之类的问题对妻子提出控诉。法律需要修订。