History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.967
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.967
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⁹⁷⁸ तत्र बलात्कारकृतं स्त्रीसंग्रहणं साहसान्तर्भूतत्वात् तत्प्रकरणे अधुनैव दर्शितम् । मदनरत्न. Compare sec. 376 of the I. P. C. which prescribes transportation for life as the maximum punishment for rape. Vide Russell on Crimes (9th ed. 1936) vol. I. pp. 613-614 for the ancient law of England (which provided death sentence and the sentence of castration and loss of eyes) and modern law which provides penal servitude for life as the maximum.