The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled that s*xual acts between a husband and wife, including oral or an*l s*x, cannot be prosecuted as “unnatural offences” under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). In an order dated March 25, 2026, Justice Milind Ramesh Phadke clarified that the current legal framework governing marital relationships exempts such acts from these specific criminal charges.
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