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Supreme Court:<\/span> In a suo motu cognizance of the Calcutta High Court’s decision in Probhat Purkait<\/span> v. State of W.B.<\/span>, (2023) 1 HCC (Cal) 626<\/a>, whereby the High Court issued a slew of advisories to the male and female adolescents regarding the respect of a woman, protection of self-worth, dignity and privacy, and right to autonomy of the female’s body, and advised the female adolescent, identifying the duty or obligation to control sexual urge\/urges as in the eyes of society she is the looser when she gives in to enjoying the sexual pleasure of hardly two minutes, the Division Bench of Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan, JJ. set aside the impugned decision.<\/p>\n

The High Court while hearing an appeal against the Special Judge’s conviction order under Sections 363 and 366 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and Section 6 of the POCSO Act<\/a>, observed that it is the duty of a male adolescent to respect the duties of a young girl or woman, and he should train his mind to respect a woman, her self-worth, her dignity and privacy, and right to autonomy of her body.<\/p>\n

The High Court while acquitting the convict gave advice to the female adolescent, identifying the duty or obligation to:<\/p>\n

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  1. \n

    Protect her right to integrity of her body.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. \n

    Protect her dignity and self-worth.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. \n

    Thrive for overall development of her self-transcending gender barriers.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. \n

    Control sexual urge\/urges as in the eyes of society she is the looser when she gives in to enjoying the sexual pleasure of hardly two minutes.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  5. \n

    Protect her right to autonomy of her body and her privacy.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Court restored the accused person’s conviction, setting aside his acquittal by the High Court.<\/p>\n

    [In Re: Right to Privacy of Adolescent<\/span>]<\/p>\n

    Source:<\/b> Press<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The High Court advised the female adolescent, to control sexual urge\/urges as in the eyes of society she is the looser when she gives in to enjoying the sexual pleasure of hardly two minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67517,"featured_media":329017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1188,2],"tags":[2689,72246,72244,37644,23204,31421,72245,5363],"class_list":["post-329014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot_off_the_press","category-news","tag-Calcutta_High_Court","tag-female-adolescents","tag-justice-abhay-oka","tag-justice-ujjal-bhuyan","tag-pocso","tag-protection-of-children-from-sexual-offences-act-2012","tag-right-to-privacy-of-adolescents","tag-supreme-court"],"yoast_head":"\nSupreme Court sets aside Calcutta HC verdict advising girls to control sexual urge 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