After the Supreme Court denied bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam arrested in 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case, Umar’s father Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas reacted to the decision, saying, “I have no comment to offer....
The Honourable Supreme Court in its ruling on Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) does not criminalise non-consensual sex, where the woman has been forced into intercourse by her husband. The ruling is flawed, and leaves women and even young girls vulnerable to rape and sexual abuse without any room for legal recourse.
