Section 375

A man is said to commit rape if he;
1. Penetrates his penis into a woman’s vagina, mouth, urethra, or anus to any amount, or forces her to do so with him or anybody else; or
2. Inserts any object or portion of the body, other than the penis, into the vagina, urethra, anus, or any other part of her body, or forces her to do so with him or another person; or (commonly known as digital
rape)
3. Manipulates any part of a woman’s body to produce penetration into the vagina, urethra, anus, or any other part of her body, or forces her to do so with him or anybody else; or
4. Applying his tongue to a woman’s vagina, anus, or urethra, or forcing
her to do so with him or another person, or
Seven clauses that majorly lays down circumstances that if takes place, can be quoted to be amounting to the offence of rape.

1. Against her will.
2. Without her consent.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. With or without her consent, when she is under eighteen years of age.
7. When she is unable to communicate consent.

Exceptions to Section 375

Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code of 1860 contains two exception clauses.
Exception 1: medical procedure or intervention shall not constitute rape

Exception 2: sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under eighteen years of age, is not rape

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Indian Penal Code

Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860

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Rape

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