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Kerala High Court mentioned that the word “intrude” is not defined in IPC. Its dictionary meaning is to put oneself deliberately into a place or situation where one is unwelcome or uninvited. To put it otherwise, intrude means trespass, horn in, pry into or to join in something without invitation or consent to the privacy of the woman.
The petitioner- accused is a practising lawyer and daughter of a Brigadier of the Indian Army. However, instead of registering her complaint for road rage, it was alleged that the Police personnel started misbehaving with her and her Indian Army Major- friend.
“BNS has made certain offences gender neutral. But still, they are gender centric offences and not non-gender offences. There is a sharp difference between gender centric or gender-neutral offence and a non-gender offence.”
The SIM card purchased by the co-accused after the alleged murder was used to misguide the investigation of the case and the family members of the deceased girl.
‘In a young age when relationship develops, they naturally carry impression that they will get married. However, sometimes it fails, and the girl, considering herself to be betrayed and deceived, cannot lodge the FIR saying that rape has been committed with her.”
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 flows in the right direction, replacing the Penal Code, 1860 and is enforced from 01-07-2024.