What is Section 375

What is Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code

 

Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code defines rape as "sexual intercourse with a woman against her will, without her consent, by coercion, misrepresentation or fraud or at a time when she has been intoxicated or duped, or is of unsound mental health and in any case if she is under 18 years of age."  

 

It's rape if it falls under following categories:

 

1. Against her will.

 

2. Without her consent.

 

3. With her consent, when her consent has been obtained by putting her or any person in whom she is interested in fear of death