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MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Monday quashed an FIR registered against an advocate, accused of outraging the modesty of a woman by making sensitive statements during a remand hearing. The court ruled that the statements were made without any malicious intent in discharge of his duties and reaffirmed the advocate’s right to defend his client during legal proceedings, and …

Advocate Casting Aspersions On Woman's Character Upon Instructions From Client Is Discharging His Duty, Not Insulting Her Modesty: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court recently held that an advocate, when casts aspersions upon a woman's character, on instructions from his client, is basically discharging his duty and thus cannot be booked for insulting the modesty of the woman punishable under section 79 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023. In his defence, Patil contended that he had instructions by his client …

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has quashed criminal proceedings against an IndiGo Airlines assistant security manager accused of outraging the modesty of a passenger, ruling that the allegations lacked intent or evidence to constitute an offence. HC quashes case against IndiGo security manager over ‘outraging modesty’ allegations The court held that the case, rooted in a baggage-handling dispute, appeared to …

Pulling hair, pushing a woman during quarrel is not molestation, says Bombay HC

MUMBAI: Merely pulling a woman’s hair or pushing her during a quarrel does not amount to outraging her modesty, the Bombay high court said on Monday while dismissing a petition seeking invocation of section 354 of the Indian Penal Code against five disciples of self-proclaimed godman Dhirendra Shastri aka Bageshwar Baba. Bombay high court The division bench of justices Revati …

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Pulling Woman's Hair, Pushing Her During Quarrel Doesn't Outrage Her Modesty: Bombay HC Grants Relief To 5 Followers Of Bageshwar Baba

The Bombay High Court on Monday said that merely pulling hair or pushing a woman during a quarrel does not amount to outraging her modesty as there must be an 'intention' to outrage her modesty.A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Prithviraj Chavan refused to direct Mumbai Police to invoke section 354 of the Indian Penal Code against five …

Modesty of woman is her most precious jewel; no straitjacket formula to ascertain whether modesty is outraged: Bombay High Court dismisses revision plea, increases the amount of fine imposed on perpet

The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court recently observed that there exists no straitjacket formula to ascertain whether modesty of a woman is outraged. These observations were made while hearing a criminal revision application filed against a judgment passed in 2018 by the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Court 8, Akola whereby the applicant was convicted for offence punishable under …

Supreme Court stays Bombay HC order on ‘skin-to-skin’ contact for sexual assault under POCSO Act

The Supreme Court has stayed a controversial Bombay High Court verdict, which acquitted a man found guilty of assault under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act on the grounds that he groped his victim over her clothes and there was no ‘skin-to-skin’ contact between them. Venugopal made a special mention in court, saying the High Court decision would set …

Pressing Breasts Without Disrobing Not "Sexual Assault" As Per POCSO Act But Offence Under Sec 354 IPC : Bombay High Court

The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has held that groping a child's breasts without 'skin-to-skin contact' would amount to molestation under the Indian Penal Code but not the graver offence of 'sexual assault' under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act. Sexual assault under section 8 of the POCSO Act would attract a minimum punishment of three …