[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.”
