Woman wants Sec 377 against husband for oral sex

Ahmedabad | Thursday | 19th July, 2018

Summary:

"The woman had lodged an FIR accusing her husband of rape and unnatural sex. The husband, aside from his insistence on oral sex, which was unnatural in the perception of the woman, persisted with her to allow video recording of their physical encounters. Justice D Y Chandrachud, who was part of the bench, had observed during the hearing that oral sex and anal sex between a consenting husband and wife could not be categorised as " unnatural sex " or "sex against the order of nature".But this petition will add to the already complicated issue of decriminalising Section 377. The woman, who married the man in 2014 in Sabarkanta in Gujarat after being engaged to him in 2002 when she was just 15 years old, complained that her doctor husband frequently forced her to indulge in oral sex against her wishes.Bhat said, " Her husband was incapable of comprehending her objection. She was compelled to put up with the depraved demands, which were often accompanied by threats and physical abuse..