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Whether A Word Or Sentence Would Outrage Woman's Modesty Would Depend On Her Background: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has recently ruled that whether a word or sentence outrages a woman's modesty would depend on the background from which she has and the circumstances surrounding her. “Modesty is an attribute associated with female human beings as a class and whether a particular sentence or word would outrage the modesty of the woman would depend upon …

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 …

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Use of force to outrage modesty: Delhi Court charges BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh for sexual harassment of female wrestlers

The Jharkhand High Court, in acquitting an accused under Section 354 IPC, has noted that the mere tearing of clothing during a spontaneous altercation does not necessarily constitute an offence of outraging a woman's modesty. Justice Gautam Kumar Choudhary observed, “For offence under Section 354 IPC, intention to outrage modesty of a woman, is the fundamental ingredient. If in a …

‘A Person Hardly Expected To Outrage Modesty Of Aunt Along With Brother’: Orissa High Court Quashes Man's Conviction U/S 354 IPC

‘Act Utterly Disgusting, Sufficient To Outrage Modesty Of Any Woman’: Delhi Court Denies Bail To Shankar Mishra In Air India Case

A Delhi Court on Wednesday denied bail to Shankar Mishra, accused of urinating on an elderly woman on a New York-Delhi Air India flight in November last year. Metropolitan Magistrate Komal Garg observed that the alleged act of the accused of relieving himself upon the complainant is “utterly disgusting and repulsive” and is sufficient to outrage the modesty of any …

Woman's 'Provocative Dress' No Licence For Man To Outrage Her Modesty: Kerala High Court Expunges Remarks In Civic Chandran Bail Order

Bollywood actress on Sunday filed an FIR against a YouTube influencer at Delhi's Vasant Kunj police station. She has mentioned that the social media user has been circulating some messages on social platforms with the intention to outrage her modesty. Based on the complaint, the police have registered a criminal case under sections 354D and 509 of the Indian Penal …

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 …