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Originally Posted by NOV
I think ppl are over-reacting and becoming emotional over a non-issue.
No where in the world* is living together a crime or offense.
And yes, no where is extra marital affair a crime or offense.
Pls do not confuse religious/moral issues with legal ones.
Adults can and should live thier lives without the fear of laws intruding into thier personal lives.
* in all countries that have civil laws.
I beg to disagree with that. Adultery is a crime punishable by law. Premarital consensual sex is not, if there is no commercial intent involved.
If the secretary of the boss sleeps with a prospective customer to win some business, it is prostitution and is punishable under law. If the same boss's wife sleeps with the customer as she finds him attractive, then that is adultery and is also punishable under law. Funnily enough, under IPC Section 497, it is the unmarried man that is punishable and not the married woman.
However, if the boss's unmarried daughter sleeps with the same customer - then that is premarital consensual sex and is not illegal.
Assumption here is that this customer is unmarried too, of course.
Rajan