Calcutta High Court Quashes Case Against Man Accused Of Voyeurism, Stalking For Secretly Clicking Photos Of Woman From His Residence
5 months ago

Calcutta High Court Quashes Case Against Man Accused Of Voyeurism, Stalking For Secretly Clicking Photos Of Woman From His Residence

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The Calcutta High Court has quashed a case of voyeurism and stalking against a man booked under Section 354C and D of the Indian Penal Code. The man was arrested by the police upon the complaint of a woman who had accused him of secretly taking pictures of her from his residence. Justice Bibhas Ranjan De quashed the case initiated against the man upon observing that while photographing a woman doing private acts may amount to voyeruism, the act of stalking would require specifc elements to be proven. The Court held: In the case at hand the allegation leveled against the petitioner/accused is that the accused secretly captured complainant's photographs from his residence while she was standing on the road in front of her residential building.

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"Vague Allegations": Calcutta High Court Quashes Case Against Man Accused Of Abetting Wife's Suicide Over Dowry Demand
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1 week, 3 days ago

"Vague Allegations": Calcutta High Court Quashes Case Against Man Accused Of Abetting Wife's Suicide Over Dowry Demand

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The Calcutta High Court has quashed a case for abetment of suicide against a man who was accused of abetting his wife's suicide after 15 years of marriage, over the demand of dowry. In quashing the case against the accused, the court noted: "It appears from the record that the sister of defacto complaint/opposite party no.2 committed suicide after 14 …

[S.376 IPC] Calcutta High Court Quashes False Promise To Marry Case Against Man 7 Yrs After "Consensual" Relationship With Complainant
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1 week, 3 days ago

[S.376 IPC] Calcutta High Court Quashes False Promise To Marry Case Against Man 7 Yrs After "Consensual" Relationship With Complainant

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The Calcutta High Court has quashed a case of alleged rape filed by a woman, against a man, who she was in a consensual relationship with. The court said: From the said materials, in the case diary, this Court finds that the de facto complainant was aware that the petitioner was not interested in marriage but still continued the relationship …

Calcutta High Court Quashes Cruelty Case Filed By Wife Against Husband 3 Yrs After Leaving Matrimonial Home
1 week, 5 days ago

Calcutta High Court Quashes Cruelty Case Filed By Wife Against Husband 3 Yrs After Leaving Matrimonial Home

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The Calcutta High Court has quashed a case initiated by a wife against her husband under Section 498A of the IPC, accusing him of cruelty towards her, three years after leaving their matrimonial home. It is further seen that since the year 2020, when she filed the first case, the complainant has left her matrimonial home and has now after …

Calcutta High Court Quashes Cruelty Case Filed By Wife Against Husband 3 Yrs After Leaving Matrimonial Home
1 week, 5 days ago

Calcutta High Court Quashes Cruelty Case Filed By Wife Against Husband 3 Yrs After Leaving Matrimonial Home

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The Calcutta High Court has quashed a case initiated by a wife against her husband under Section 498A of the IPC, accusing him of cruelty towards her, three years after leaving their matrimonial home. While the wife had left the husband's house in 2020, she filed a complaint accusing him of cruelty in 2023.Justice Shampa Paul held: The allegations in …

Natural For Two Persons In Love To Hug & Kiss Each Other: Madras High Court Quashes Sexual Harassment Case Against Man
1 month, 1 week ago

Natural For Two Persons In Love To Hug & Kiss Each Other: Madras High Court Quashes Sexual Harassment Case Against Man

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The Madras High Court recently quashed criminal proceedings initiated against a man under Section 354A IPC for allegedly committing sexual harassment on a girl. Justice Anand Venkatesh observed that to constitute an offence of sexual harassment, a man must have committed physical contact and made advances involving unwelcome and explicit sexual overtures. In the present case, the court noted that …

Calcutta High Court Quashes Case Against BJP Leader Kailash Vijayvargiya Over Allegedly Misleading Post On 'X'
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court Quashes Case Against BJP Leader Kailash Vijayvargiya Over Allegedly Misleading Post On 'X'

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The Calcutta High Court has quashed a case against BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya, accused under Sections 504/505/120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, for allegedly misleading posts regarding workers belonging to the ruling party posted on his X account.It was alleged by the State that Vijayvargiya had shared a fake video of women being assaulted on his X handle and …

Kerala HC: Watching a woman or capturing image publicly not voyeurism
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Kerala HC: Watching a woman or capturing image publicly not voyeurism

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court has ruled that taking photos of a woman standing in front of her house, without any attempt at secrecy, does not constitute voyeurism. The prosecution alleged that on May 3, 2022, while the woman was standing in front of her house, the first and second accused arrived in a car and took photographs of her …

Asking Name, Address Of Unknown Woman Inappropriate But Prima Facie Not Sexual Harassment: Gujarat High Court
5 months ago

Asking Name, Address Of Unknown Woman Inappropriate But Prima Facie Not Sexual Harassment: Gujarat High Court

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The Gujarat High Court has observed that asking an unknown woman her name, address, and mobile number may be inappropriate but does not prima facie constitute sexual harassment under Section 354A of the Indian Penal Code. This observation was made by Justice Nirzar Desai in a case involving a man from Gandhinagar, Samir Roy, who was booked under Section 354A …

Supreme Court Quashes Conviction For Stalking Due To Marriage Between Convict & Complainant
7 months ago

Supreme Court Quashes Conviction For Stalking Due To Marriage Between Convict & Complainant

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The Supreme Court recently quashed the conviction of a man for the offence of stalking and criminal intimidation of the Indian Penal Code after noting that the convict and the complainant married each other during the pendency of the appeal before the Supreme Court.The appellant was tried for the offences of sexual harassment,. The Supreme Court recently quashed the conviction …

Sexual harassment: Madras High Court reserves order on ex-DGP’s plea
8 months ago

Sexual harassment: Madras High Court reserves order on ex-DGP’s plea

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Justice M Dhandapani of Madras High Court on Wednesday reserved orders on the petitions filed by former DGP Rajesh Das seeking to exempt him from surrendering before the trial court and suspension of three years imprisonment in the case of sexually harassing a woman IPS officer. When the petitions came up for hearing, Additional Public Prosecutor R Muniapparaj, representing …

Calcutta High Court: Calling an unknown woman 'darling' is sexual harassment
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court: Calling an unknown woman 'darling' is sexual harassment

Op India  

The Calcutta High Court recently held that calling an unknown woman ‘darling’ is offensive and sexual harassment. Responding to the argument, Judge Sengupta stressed, “If this was done in a sober state, the gravity of the offence would perhaps be even more.” The court highlighted that the prevailing standards in our society are not such that a man on the …

Bombay High Court Quashes Chargesheet Against Woman Accused Of Beating Husband With Broom, Biting Hand
1 year ago

Bombay High Court Quashes Chargesheet Against Woman Accused Of Beating Husband With Broom, Biting Hand

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The Bombay High Court recently quashed the chargesheet filed against a woman accused of beating her husband with a broom and biting his hand, holding that the ingredients constituting the offence of Section 324 IPC were absent. A division bench comprising Justice Prakash D Naik and Justice NR Borkar allowed the woman's writ petition observing – “The requisite ingredients to …

Bombay High Court Stays Criminal Proceedings Against The Photographer
1 year ago

Bombay High Court Stays Criminal Proceedings Against The Photographer

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The Bombay High Court recently stayed criminal proceedings initiated against a professional photographer for allegedly uploading photos of a classical dancer on the internet, which allegedly led to their distribution on objectionable websites. A division bench of Justice Prakash D Naik and Justice NR Borkar granted interim relief in a writ petition for quashing of the case stating – “The …

Employee’s Transfer Based On Organisation’s Policy Does Not Amount To Criminal Intimidation/ Conspiracy Under IPC: Calcutta High Court
1 year, 4 months ago

Employee’s Transfer Based On Organisation’s Policy Does Not Amount To Criminal Intimidation/ Conspiracy Under IPC: Calcutta High Court

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The Calcutta High Court on Thursday quashed criminal proceedings initiated against the Human Resources Manager of IDBI Bank, by an employee/opposite party No 2, against whom a female co-worker had earlier filed a complaint for sexual harassment at the workplace. Counsel for the petitioner contended that the Magistrate’s order taking cognizance and issuing summons against the petitioner was bad in …

Court Proceeding Ought Not To Be Permitted To Degenerate Into A Weapon Of Harassment: Calcutta High Court Quashes 498A Case
1 year, 6 months ago

Court Proceeding Ought Not To Be Permitted To Degenerate Into A Weapon Of Harassment: Calcutta High Court Quashes 498A Case

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The Calcutta High Court recently quashed the criminal proceedings under Section 498A of IPC initiated by a woman against her husband and his relatives alleging that she was subjected to physical and mental torture and was driven out from the matrimonial home, on the ground that an earlier proceeding initiated by her on the basis of almost same allegations against …

Calcutta High Court Seeks Explanation From Police Why Person Accused Of Threatening Alleged Gang-Rape Victim Released "Promptly"
1 year, 7 months ago

Calcutta High Court Seeks Explanation From Police Why Person Accused Of Threatening Alleged Gang-Rape Victim Released "Promptly"

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The Calcutta High Court has expressed dismay at the action of Police authorities in "promptly releasing" a person, accused of threatening the victim of alleged gang rape case of Vedic Village in Rajarghat to withdraw her case. The division bench of Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta and Justice Joymalya Bagchi has directed the Officer-in-Charge of the concerned Police Station to appear …

Bombay HC imposes cost on lawyers for attaching objectionable photos to petition
2 years, 2 months ago

Bombay HC imposes cost on lawyers for attaching objectionable photos to petition

India Today  

The Bombay High Court has pulled up lawyers representing the petitioner and imposed a cost of Rs 25,000 for filing "highly objectionable photographs" as annexures in a writ petition without appropriate discretion. The Bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and SM Modak was hearing a writ petition filed by the wife of the accused seeking to quash the First Information …

Madras High Court Quashes Case Against Men Who Allegedly Raised Slogans Against PM Over Demonetization Decision In 2016
2 years, 3 months ago

Madras High Court Quashes Case Against Men Who Allegedly Raised Slogans Against PM Over Demonetization Decision In 2016

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The Madras High Court has recently quashed a case against 5 persons who had allegedly indulged in a protest and had raised various slogans against Prime Minister for announcing Demonetization.The bench of Justice N. Sathish Kumar observed that the offences against the accused under Sections 143, 188 of IPC @ 143, 149, 353 IPC were not made out.Essentially, In November …

Calcutta High Court Stays Proceedings Against BJP's National General Secy Accused Of Sexually Assaulting A Party Worker
2 years, 3 months ago

Calcutta High Court Stays Proceedings Against BJP's National General Secy Accused Of Sexually Assaulting A Party Worker

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The Calcutta High Court on Monday stayed all further proceedings of a case registered against National Joint General Secretary Organization, BJP, Shiv Prakash who has been accused of sexually assaulting/outraging the modestly of a party worker.The bench of Justice Kausik Chanda observed that the victim's act of giving multiple subsequent complaints inculpating various national and State. The Calcutta High Court …

Delhi High Court refuses to quash FIR against a man on molestation allegations
2 years, 3 months ago

Delhi High Court refuses to quash FIR against a man on molestation allegations

Firstpost  

The accused had to resign from his lucrative job in the United Nations following the complainant’s letter to his organisation New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has refused to quash an FIR against a man on molestation allegations and directed that the woman will have to pay damages to the accused in case he is acquitted by the trial court. …

Defamation | Magistrate Can't Refer Complaint About Offence U/S 500 IPC To Police For Investigation U/S 156(3) CrPC: Karnataka High Court
2 years, 7 months ago

Defamation | Magistrate Can't Refer Complaint About Offence U/S 500 IPC To Police For Investigation U/S 156(3) CrPC: Karnataka High Court

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The Karnataka High Court recently quashed the proceedings initiated under section 156 of the Criminal Procedure Code, wherein the Magistrate court referred the complaint filed for defamation under section 499, 500 of the Indian Penal Code to the police for further investigation.While doing so, the Bench relied on the Apex court judgement in the case of Subramanian Swamy v. Union. …

"Serious Assault On Dignity Of Complainant": Delhi HC Refuses To Quash FIR Of Stalking, Sexual Harassment Despite Settlement Between Parties
2 years, 10 months ago

"Serious Assault On Dignity Of Complainant": Delhi HC Refuses To Quash FIR Of Stalking, Sexual Harassment Despite Settlement Between Parties

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The Delhi High Court has refused to quash an FIR filed against a man accused of stalking, sexual harassing and circulating morphed photographs of an undergraduate girl, despite settlement between parties. Considering the nature of offences committed against the girl, Justice Mukta Gupta was of the view that the FIR cannot be quashed merely on the ground that the man …

Bombay High Court Directs Removal Of Matter From The Board After Lawyer Removes His Mask
3 years, 9 months ago

Bombay High Court Directs Removal Of Matter From The Board After Lawyer Removes His Mask

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Taking exception to the Counsel's act of removing his mask during the Court hearing, the Bombay High Court earlier this week directed the removal of matter from the Board. The Bench of Justice Prithviraj K. Chavan referred to the Standard Operating Procedure for the resumption of physical hearing at the Principal Seat, High Court of Bombay w.e.f. Further, while noting …

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