In Asia , the age of consent in India is above 18 years of age .
In the judgment , delivered on October 11 , the Supreme Court bench consisting of Justices Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta read down Exception 2 to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code ( IPC ) to hold that sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife if she is below 18 years of age would amount to rape .
Ages of consent in Asia