Phulmoni Dasi rape case

The Phulmoni Dasi rape case was a case of child marriage and subsequent marital rape in India in 1889, which resulted in the death of the 10-year-old Hindu girl, Phulmoni Dasi. The case led to the conviction in 1890 of her 30-year-old husband Hari Mohan Maitee, and triggered several legal reforms.

Although the autopsy report clearly indicated an injured vagina as the cause of death, the husband was later acquitted of the rape charge because laws on rape excluded marital rape from the purview of punitive law.

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