Martial Rape Law Hypocrisy during Colonial India

Author(s)	Ms. Suvasree Mondal
Country	India
Abstract	Martial Rape Law Hypocrisy during Colonial India Suvasree Mondal Seacom Skills University Research Scholar, Department of History Introduction This paper will study how Colonial India left India in a complex ground in matters of historical, cultural, and legal dimensions, reflecting broader issues of gender, power, and colonial rule. The period that touches on the hypocrisy and contradictions surrounding the societal issues during that period. The burden of Colonial law rule and administrations has been affecting India. The study of the paper will focus on the understanding of colonial law, the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in 1860, which criminalized many forms of sexual violence but excluded marital rape from its perspective based on the existing doctrine.
Keywords	Colonialism, Law, Marriage, Hypocrisy, Women, Reforms, Legal, Social Discrimination.
Field	Arts
Published In	Volume 8, Issue 1, January-February 2026
Published On	2026-02-20
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i01.65499

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