has there been any cases where a married women has filed a rape case against her own husband in the past? I have never read such cases. just wanted to know.
On 8/1/17, Kanchan Pamnani via Ai <ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> wrote: > Just by marrying someone does it mitigate rape? You have mentioned this > twice in your email. > I think we should get into a proper discussion on some of the concepts > discussed in this article and by many of you. It will help broaden thinking. > K > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ai [mailto:ai-boun...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in] On Behalf Of > gatak singh via Ai > Sent: 01 August 2017 11:11 > To: Share, empower &Enrich > Cc: gatak singh; jnuvision > Subject: Re: [Ai] Abhishek Behl reported in Hindustan Times yesterday: > Gurgaon: Blind banker gets 10-year jail for raping blind woman > > sorry for discussing again but I couldn't stop commenting on this matter. > I know few examples where the girl has not accepted the proposal of the boy, > but when the boy got a government job, she threatened to marry her otherwise > she would go to the court aledging that he promised to marry but did not > keep up his promise. so boy had to marry her due to fear of loosing his > government job. > in this matter, boy had promised that he would marry that girl. what I > understand is that girl may have agreed for sex based on this promise. > but in any case, boy should have married her. but he did not marry, that's > his mistake. but this should be called cheating rather than rape. > someone said that women feel shy or disgusted to go to courts saying that > she was raped. but I dont agree to this. that women should have immidiately > gone to the court when she was raped for the first time. > from my understanding, women dont go to courts because if this comes in the > media and if everybody comes to know about that, nobody would marry her. but > in this case, she was already married once, and there wasn't any matter to > fear. > this is nothing but hipocracy at its peak. if he had married her, she would > have never complained. here, he did not marry, hence it automatically turned > into rape case. rape is rape. women can change the situation however they > want. it was not rape before 2 years, then how can it be called rape now? > I am not in anyway supporting the rapists. but just speaking about this > case. > I wonder what was the proof for the marriage promise that he had made. > was there any recording or document? or judge just believed her oral words? > I can understand the psychology of the female members on this list. > they can't speak against that aledged female victim, because females should > support the females. but the fact is that men are often exploited legally > due to the biased laws. > someone said that father raping his own daughter, brother raping his own > sister comes to light after so many years. this happens because the girl > will be minor in that situation. in this case, girl was not minor. she had 8 > year old child, which means she was matured enough. > so, as mahajan sir said, both of them are equally culprits in this case. > the best way to escape from the discussion is to just say, 'how can we talk > when we are not in that situation'. > anyway, I feel that boy should had kept up to his promise, then it would > have been never called rape. but this punishment is very harsh on him, who > was not 100% culprit. > > On 7/26/17, avinash shahi via Ai <ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> wrote: >> http://www.hindustantimes.com/gurgaon/gurgaon-blind-banker-gets-10-yea >> r-jail-for-raping-blind-woman/story-xQAJGpWmso2ioCesDHV2UM.html >> >> A Gurgaon district court on Monday awarded 10 years rigorous >> imprisonment to a blind man, a trainee probationary officer at a >> public sector bank, who was found guilty of raping a 33-year-old blind >> widow repeatedly on the pretext of marriage. >> >> The court also imposed a penalty on convict Saurabh Kapoor, 35, who >> was convicted of rape under Section 376 of the IPC. >> >> Additional Sessions Judge Rajni Yadav, while pronouncing the quantum >> of sentence, said that given the inhumanity of the act, it was >> required to impose upon the convict substantive and stern sentence >> that would commensurate with the gravity of the offence and also serve >> as an example to others. >> >> It is to be noted that since both the victim and the accused were >> blind, the court had relied upon ‘voice identification’ that helped >> the woman to identify Kapoor, a resident of Mayur Vihar in Delhi. >> >> On the pretext of meeting an advocate, Kapoor had taken the victim on >> May 30, 2015, to a guest house in Gurgaon and raped her there for the >> first time. He later continued to abuse her, promising marriage. >> >> The victim, who has an eight-year-old daughter, worked in a private >> company in 2015, when the incident happened. She is currently >> unemployed. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Public prosecutor Arvind Sharma said that the convict tried to seek >> leniency from the court on account of his blindness. >> >> “The accused also argued that he is a government servant and highly >> qualified, but all these arguments were rejected by the court, which >> awarded him 10 years of imprisonment,” said Sharma, adding that the >> court has imposed a penalty of Rs 10,000, out of which Rs 8,000 would >> go to the victim. The remaining Rs 2000 would go to the state. If the >> accused fail to pay the fine, he will face one more year of >> imprisonment. >> >> The judge, in her order, also stated that undue sympathy to impose >> inadequate sentence to the accused would do more harm as it will >> undermine the public confidence. >> >> “Keeping in view the offence committed by the convict, I am not >> inclined to take a lenient view against him and release him on >> probation. He has raped a young woman who was helpless, defenceless, >> vulnerable and an easy prey who trusted the convict so much that she >> surrendered herself to him. He used, violated and exploited her body,” >> the court said. >> >> District attorney Lal Singh Yadav said the court has given a strong >> message to the society. “The convict had sexually exploited the victim >> on the pretext of marriage,” he said. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Avinash Shahi >> Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU >> Disclaimer: >> 1. 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