Section 509 IPC Archives

[Outraging the modesty of woman] “Words and gestures communicated through e-mails also falls within the ambit of S. 509 of IPC”: Bombay HC

“The legislative intent through Section 509 is to deter an action capable of shocking the sense of decency of a woman. The manner in which the offender shocks such sense of a woman is not restricted to oral abuse or gesture alone, but also include statements, speeches, exclamations, notes, all of which could be in a text form relayed whether physically or electronically.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Know why Karnataka HC refused to quash proceedings against person charged for writing a woman’s mobile number on the walls of men’s toilet at Majestic Bus Stand?

The Court highlighted that in the current digital age, a woman’s modesty can be railroaded by sheer circulation of pejorative statements, pictures or videos in the social media.

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Act of affront to the decency and dignity of a woman cannot be considered as trivial in nature

Kerala High Court: R. Narayana Pisharadi, J., while dismissing the petition in regard to quashing of FIR and final report that alleges