‘Just being male not enough’ to prove rape, HC frees man

Calcutta high court on Tuesday acquitted a youth, who had been imprisoned on the charge of raping and cheating a girl, who was over 17 years old, observing that just being male wasn’t enough to presume that sex between two sufficiently mature persons was forced, and not consensual.

‘Just being male not enough’ to prove rape, HC frees man
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Calcutta high court on Tuesday acquitted a youth, who had been imprisoned on the charge of raping and cheating a girl, who was over 17 years old, observing that just being male wasn’t enough to presume that sex between two sufficiently mature persons was forced, and not consensual.