"Girls Should Control Sexual Urges, Boys Must...": Calcutta High Court
NDTV
The court urged girls to control their sexual urges and not give in to two minutes of pleasure.
Hearing a teenager's request against his conviction in a rape case, Calcutta High issued a list of guidelines for adolescent boys and girls asking them to control their sexual urges and also respect the dignity and bodily autonomy of the other gender. The teenager last year was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a sessions court for having sex with his romantic partner, who is a minor.
During the hearing, the girl had told the court that she was in a relationship of her own will and had subsequently married him. She said that the age of consent for sex in India is 18 and their relationship was an offense.
Consent given by a person aged below 18 is not regarded as valid and sexual intercourse with them amounts to rape under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO).
