The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that unnatural sex between a husband and wife in a valid marriage is not an offence under Section 377 IPC, regardless of consent, citing that marital rape is not recognized in Indian law.
The Jharkhand High Court has ruled that refusing medical treatment to a wife as a means to enforce dowry demands amounts to cruelty under Section 498A of the IPC, upholding the conviction of the husband in a dowry-related case.
A 60-year-old man in Ludhiana set himself on fire after being threatened with a fake dowry harassment case by his daughter-in-law. He died two days later. The police have booked the accused under sections 306 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
