Physical Relationship With Girl Aged Below 16 Is Rape, Even If There Was Love Relationship: Tripura HC [Read Judgment]

The Tripura High Court has observed that physical relationship with a minor girl aged below 16 amounts to rape, even if a love relationship existed between the rape accused and the girl.The court made this observation while dismissing an appeal filed by a man convicted for committing rape on a girl, who was his neighbour.During the course of arguments, the counsel for the accused had...