Search Results for Tag : Modesty
Judgments
Mere knowledge that modesty of a woman is likely to be outraged is sufficient to constitute offence(23.09.2016)
Instant appeal filed against judgment of High Court dismissing revision petition filed by
SPS Rathore-Appellant-accused, a member of prestigious ser.....
Tags : Modesty, Outrage, Conviction
News
SC: Conviction under SC/ST Act Can’t Sustain if Offence u/s 3(1)(xi) Not Committed on Caste Basis(30.01.2024)
Supreme Court has held that the conviction for the offence punishable under Section 3(1)(xi) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Section 3(1)(xi) of SC/ST Act, Outraging Woman's Modesty
Mumbai Court: Women Can be Held Guilty of Outraging Woman's Modesty(28.11.2022)
Mumbai Court while observing that Section 354 of the IPC is gender neutral qua the offender has convicted and sentenced a mother of three to one-year .....
Tags : Mumbai Court, Modesty, Woman
Delhi Court Denies Bail to Accused in Air India Mid-Air Urination Case(12.01.2023)
Delhi Court while denying bail to accused Shankar Mishra in case for urinating on an elderly woman on a New York-Delhi Air India flight in November la.....
Tags : Delhi Court, Air India Mid-Air Urination, Outraging Modesty of Woman, Bail
Delhi HC Directs Man Accused of Outraging Modesty of Woman to do Community Service(15.02.2022)
Delhi High Court has directed a man, accused outraging modesty of a woman, to do community service for a month observing that he cannot be let off sim.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Man Accused of Outraging Modesty
HP HC Grants Relief to Quash FIR Filed by Wife for Demand of Dowry and Outraging Modesty(09.03.2022)
Himachal Pradesh High Court has granted relief to a husband by quashing a First Information Report lodged against him by his wife for allegedly demand.....
Tags : Himachal Pradesh High Court, Demand of Dowry, Outraging Modesty
Bom. HC: Merely Pulling Hair or Pushing Woman During Quarrel Doesn’t Outrage Her Modesty(06.08.2024)
Bombay High Court has held that pulling hair or pushing a woman during a quarrel does not constitute the offence of outraging the modesty of a woman a.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Pulling Hair, Modesty of Woman
11 Women Jailed for Outraging Modesty of a 22-Year-Old Woman in Sewri in 2010(30.12.2015)
A Mumbai Sessions Court, while rejected defence plea that women cannot be held guilty under charge of outraging modesty of a woman, has sentenced 11 w.....
Tags : Outraging Modesty , Mumbai Sessions Court
Ker. Court: Threating Woman Without Intention to Outrage Modesty Not Offence U/S 354 IPC(20.07.2023)
Kerala Court has held that merely holding woman’s hand and threatening her that he would kill her without any culpable intention to outrage her modest.....
Tags : Kerala Court, Outrage Modesty, Culpable Intention
Bombay HC Sets Aside FIR against Five Youths on Condition to Perform Social Works(02.11.2016)
Bombay High Court has set aside a First Information Report (FIR) against five youths, accused of outraging the modesty of two girls, on condition that.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, social work, FIR, outraging modesty
Del. HC: Not Behaving With a Woman in a Chivalrous Manner Doesn’t Amount to Outraging Her Modesty(29.08.2023)
Delhi High Court has held that while adjudicating the cases of Section 509 IPC, Courts must consider the background of the complainant and words utter.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Outraging Modesty, Chivalrous Manner
Bombay HC: Act of Throwing Chit on Woman’s Person Professing Love Sufficient to Outrage Modesty(11.08.2021)
Bombay High Court has observed that there exists no straitjacket formula to ascertain whether modesty of a woman is outraged. The Court has noted that.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Outrage of Woman’s Modesty
Bombay HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Man Accused of Outraging Modesty of Woman(16.10.2020)
Bombay High Court granted anticipatory bail to a man accused of outraging the modesty of a woman who worked in his office as an Assistant. The Court h.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Anticipatory Bail to Man Accused of Outraging Modesty
Punjab & Haryana HC: Unwelcome Talk with Woman is Annoying but Not Outraging Her Modesty(23.09.2025)
Punjab and Haryana High Court held that merely initiating an unwelcome conversation with a woman, though annoying, does not amount to the criminal off.....
Tags : Unwelcome Talk, Woman, Annoying, Modesty
Delhi High Court: Calling a Woman 'R***I' Insults Her Modesty and Questions Her Sexual Dignity(19.09.2025)
Delhi High Court has held that calling a woman “r***i” attacks her character and sexual dignity, amounting to outraging her modesty. Justice Swarana K.....
Tags : Woman, Modesty, Sexual Dignity