Engaging in Consensual Sex with Girl below 16 Years is Rape: Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Judgment]

If the girl is below 16 years, the other partner in the sexual act is treated as a criminal. The Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice Anita Chaudhary ruled that in a consensual sex if the girl is below 16 years of age, the other partner in the sexual act is criminally liable  and termed ‘consensual sex’ in such a situation as void.This verdict was given by the High Court in a rape...