376. Punishment for rape.--(1) Whoever commits rape shall be punished with death or imprisonment for either description for a term which shall not be less than ten years or more than twenty-five years and shall also be liable to fine.
(2) When rape is committed by two or more persons in furtherance of common intention of all, each of such persons shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life.]
COMMENTARY
Scope. Partial Penetration. 1992 PCr.LJ 42; 1990 MLD 138. Abductee below 16. Having sexual intercourse with her consent. An offence under Section 376, P.P.C. 1989 ALD 206(2). Absence of spermatozoa by itself not sufficient to cast doubt. 1990 MLD 1389. Hymen old healed tears admitting two fingers. 1989 MLD 4464. Solitary statement of prosecutrix. 1989 MLD 1671.
Of Unnatural Offences
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