Rubbing Male Organ on Vagina or Urethra over Victim’s Underpants Amounts to Rape

Case: Cheerfulson Snaitang v. State of Meghalaya

Coram: Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice W. Diengdoh

Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 5 of 2020

Court Observation: “Penetration for the purpose of Section 375 of the Penal Code does not have to be complete. Any element of penetration would suffice for the purpose of the relevant provision. Further, Section 375(b) of the Penal Code recognises that insertion, to any extent, of any object into the vagina or urethra would amount to rape. Even if it be accepted that the appellant herein forced his organ into the vagina or urethra of the victim despite the victim wearing her underpants, it would still amount to penetration for the purpose of Section 375(b) of the Penal Code.”

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