GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -This defence of is based on the idea that if competent adults voluntarily consented to crimes against themselves and knew what they were consenting to, the harm emanating from the act so caused in consequence of the consent cannot invite criminal charges against the doer of the act.

Detailed explanation-2: -The defence of consent is based on the Roman Law maxim volenti non fit injuria which means that where person has given consent to suffer a harm or risk, he cannot complain of any injury that flows therefrom.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to the legal definition of the Consent is based on the Roman Law maxim ‘volenti non fit injuria’ which typically means that when a person has given hisconsent to suffer the harm or the risk committed by other, then he cannot complain for any injury that flows therefrom.

Detailed explanation-4: -For example, a woman had a consent sexual intercourse with a doctor on the belief that he was making a medical examination of her. The doctor would be held guilty as he made her believe that he was doing a medical examination of her.