Phulmoni Dasi rape case

The Phulmoni Dasi rape case was a case of child marriage and subsequent marital rape in India in 1889, which resulted in the death of the 10-year-old girl, Phulmoni Dasi.[1] The case led to the conviction of the husband in 1890 and triggered several legal reforms.[2]

Although the autopsy report clearly indicated an injured vagina as the cause of death, the husband was later acquitted of the rape charge because laws on rape excluded marital rape[3] from the purview of punitive law.

  1. ^ Himani Bannerji (2001). Inventing Subjects: Studies in Hegemony, Patriarchy and Colonialism. Anthem Press. pp. 74–76. ISBN 978-1-84331-073-0. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  2. ^ Fernando Coronil; Julie Skurski (2006). States of Violence. University of Michigan Press. p. 417. ISBN 0-472-06893-8. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  3. ^ "भारत में वैवाहिक बलात्कार Marital Rape in India in Hindi". 5 September 2020.