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Rape is a heinous crime that is considered graver than murder. It is a crime of violence that not only damages the body but which also leaves a permanent scar in the mind of the victim, and when it occurs within the four-walls of a matrimonial home, it reduces the woman to the status of an object used merely for sexual gratification. Marital rape is sex by a husband with his wife without her assent by compulsion or threat. In India, rape is a penal offence under S.375 and S.376 of IPC. Surprisingly, it unequivocally avoids marital rape from the ambit of conviction. The woman has and still continues to be victimized by man and society. The patriarchal power structures have deemed marriage to be a license to legal unwilling sex. There is a total negation of the self worth of a woman. Even as we celebrate 70 years of independence, the women in our country are still not truly free and independent and continue to live under the realm of darkness and fear. This paper significantly focuses on the violation of the fundamental rights of women guaranteed by the Constitution of India and the status of marital rape in India and different countries of the world.