'With Heavy Heart,' Jail Labour Ordered for Rape Convict; Equal Wage Split Between Children of Wife and Victim: Madras High Court

In a recent judgment delivered by the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, a significant case concerning Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was examined. The case involved the appellant, a foreman from a scheduled caste community, accused of promising marriage to a woman belonging to the same caste, only to abandon her after engaging in a sexual relationship. The woman later bore a child from this…