Sexual Offences and Abortion — Flashcards

Flashcard 11: Section _____ IPC has been decriminalized for consensual acts between adults, but remains an offence for bestiality.

Answer: 377

Extra: Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India (2018) decriminalized consensual sexual acts between adults under Section 377. It remains a criminal offence for non-consensual acts and bestiality.

Flashcard 12: A new Section _____ has been inserted which prescribes the minimum punishment of 20 years rigorous imprisonment to a person committing rape on a woman less than 12 years of age.

Answer: 376AB

Flashcard 13: In case of rape on small children, hymen is _____, since it is deeply situated.

Answer: usually intact

Flashcard 14: _____ has been prescribed for gang rape on woman below 12 years of age.

Answer: Death penalty

Flashcard 15: Section _____ deals with causing miscarriage with consent

Answer: 312

Flashcard 16: Section _____ IPC : Defines rape

Answer: 375

Flashcard 17: Section _____ deals with causing miscarriage without consent

Answer: 313

Flashcard 18: Passive partner in a sexual relationship where a young boy and man are involved is known as?_____

Answer: Catamite

Flashcard 19: In an emergency, MTP can be done by a single doctor even without required training even after _____ weeks of gestation in a private hospital which is not recognized.

Answer: 20

Flashcard 20: In a habitual passive agent of sodomy, lateral buttock traction test will lead to _____ of sphincter

Answer: complete relaxation