Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 354, 354B, 506II, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 8, 12 -- Outraging modesty of woman - Victim was minor girl on the date of incident - However, prosecution failed to prove that accused used criminal force on the minor victim with intention of outraging her modesty, lifted her clothes and opened zip of her..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 354, 511, 323, 504, 506, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 7, 8, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Outraging modesty of women - Quashing of proceedings - Complaint has been lodged out of mala fide intention after a lapse of 15 days from the date of lodging of FIR by applicant No.1 against husband and..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 304(Part II) -- Nature of offence - Blows delivered on head of deceased though with knowledge that it is likely to cause death, accused cannot be imputed with an intention to cause death or to cause a bodily injury likely to cause death - Bamboo lathi though seized, there is no reference to any blood stains having been found on..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 354 -- Outraging modesty of a woman - Pulling the hands of a woman by a man - That should be coupled with criminal intention of accused to constitute an offence u/s 354 IPC...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 354 -- Outraging modesty of woman - Allegation that accused was trying to outrage the modesty of victim by pulling her hands - However, statement of witnesses are vague and general from which it is difficult to infer the knowledge of accused that he is aware that he was trying to outrage the modesty of victim and did it with the intention -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 354, 323, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 528 -- Outraging modesty of woman - Compromise - Quashing of FIR - Allegation that a group of 8-10 young men including three petitioners allegedly tried to outrage modesty of complainant who was accompanied by her husband and on being objected by her husband, he was hit on head..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 354, 506, 451 -- Outraging modesty of women - Allegation that accused entered the house of prosecutrix at night and committed offence in question - However, site plan of place of occurrence as also deposition of complainant would show that accused walked 40/45 feet from entrance of house to the room where prosecutrix was sleeping and..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 354, 506, 451 -- Outraging modesty of women - PW3 and PW4 both stated that accused was apprehended at the spot but no quarrel had taken place in their presence and PW2 stated that accused fled away from spot after being caught - These facts also create a doubt in the prosecution case because, firstly, if occurrence has taken place as..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 354 -- Outraging the modesty of woman - In order to attract the offence u/s 354 IPC following ingredients has to be proved: (i) assault must be on a woman; (ii) petitioner must have used criminal force on her; and (iii) criminal force must have been used on the woman intending thereby to outrage her modesty...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 354 -- Outraging the modesty of woman - Ultimate test for ascertaining whether modesty has been outraged is the action of offender such as could be perceived as one which is capable of shocking the sense of decency of a woman...........
