Section 509 IPC Archives

Referring woman as ‘prostitute’ in public in her absence may not constitute an offence under S. 509 IPC, but could attract other charges: Kerala HC

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.

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[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.”

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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.

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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