EFFECT OF MARRIAGE OF THE OFFENDER WITH THE OFFENDED PARTY IN PRIVATE CRIMES

Category: Criminal Procedure

WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF MARRIAGE OF THE OFFENDER WITH THE OFFENDED PARTY IN PRIVATE CRIMES?

>     It shall extinguish the criminal action or remit the penalty already imposed—this    implies    to    co-principals,    accomplices,    and accessories
>     However,  where  multiple  rape  is  committed,  marriage  of  the offended  party  with  one defendant  extinguishes  the  latter’s liability  and  that  of  his  accessories  or  accomplices  for  a  single
crime of rape cannot extend to the other acts of rape
 

IF  THE  OFFENDED  IN  RAPE  IS  THE  LEGAL  HUSBAND  OF  THE OFFENDED PARTY, HOW CAN THE HUSBAND’S CRIMINAL LIABLITY BE EXTINGUISHED?

>     The  subsequent  forgiveness  by  the  wife  shall  extinguish  the criminal action or the penalty
>     But the penalty shall not be abated if the marriage is void ab initio