No Grounds for Confusion over Positions of IPC and POCSO over Sex with Wife below 18 and 15 years

Some people have a misapprehension that there is an unresolved conflict between the Indian penal Code (IPC) and the Protection of Children From Sexual Offences Act- 2012( POCSO) w.r.t sex with one’s wife who is between the age of 15 and 18 years.. The news item reproduced below informs us that Kailash Satyarthi’s Bachpan Bachao Andolan has moved the apex court seeking clarity on this conflict. My comments on the alleged lack of clarity.

- Dr. Pravin Patkar