This is quite interesting to learn. Most of what I have heard about India has been through the highly publicized rape cases where women were assaulted in broad daylight and those who assaulted them were not prosecuted
However, knowledge and applicability of the law is not fully understood in rural areas, the ones where domestic violence is a more pressing issue. Not that urban areas have less scope of DV, but that in urban areas, there are more options to the victim and a lot less social stigma.
Things are changing now. Due to prevalence of internet and penetration of mobiles and cheap smartphones into all strata of society, women are more knowledgeable than ever.
Rape and sexual assaults are issues that are, in my view, a universal issue, with only change between various countries in the world being the degree of reporting and recourse.
Even in that area, India is changing. Social stigma for reporting rape is very low in urban areas and rapidly reducing in rural areas. Women are more willing to report it and society is less stigmatic towards it.
One of the reason why there is constant news of rape.
The fact that have no better option B might have something to do with it too. Like in western countries: sure you can arrest your scumbag husband that beats you but then what?
Basically, it's all about the choice and circumstances the woman has and is in.
But there are many rapes, that are not reported, or if reported, the victim seldom gets justice because of dragging in courts, etc.
And, in any judicial system, solid evidence is required, so rape of a woman in a field, at night, where she might not even remember the faces of her assaulters, might not have enough evidence, apart from circumstantial ones (in cases where the assaulters escaped), leading to no justice to her.
https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/in-4-days-nirbhaya-rap...