RAPE Rape is the fourth most common crime against women in India . [1] [2] According to the 2018 annual report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 33,356 rape cases were reported across the country, or an average of 91 rapes daily. [3] Of these, 31,320 were committed by perpetrators known to the victim (93.9% of the cases). [4] As high as 27.8 per cent of victims were minors or below 18, the legal age of consent. [5] India has been characterized as one of the "countries with the lowest per capita rates of rape". [6] [7] But the real figures are widely estimated to be much higher as a significant percentage of rapes go unreported. [8] [9] The government also classifies consensual sex committed on the false promise of marriage as rape. [10] The willingness to report rapes have...
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