Ipc 354 Section

In the present case the police in the absence of section 66a appear to have invoked section 354 of the ipc.

Ipc 354 section. These sections are section 354 a section 354 b section 354 c and section 354 d respectively. Legal provisions of section 354 of indian penal code 1860. Ipc section 354 how to get a way out of this.

354 a sexual harassment and punishment for sexual harassment. In this article the author would confine to the section 354 of ipc i e. Sec 354 ipc states any act of criminal force committed on a woman to outrage her modesty.

Molestation which is increasingly being levelled in a marital discord. Dear sir my frnd has been ordered sec 354 for sexual harrasement but as we know the girl has filed a wrrong complain against him she was been teased by frnd n he said tht but when the girl filed an fir the statement was different as made a new story n as of now everyone is involved in this case so plz sirs help us out my frnd has been jailed for a. Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty.

The said provision punishes any person who assaults uses criminal force to any woman. A man committing any of the following acts physical contact and advances involving unwelcome and explicit sexual overtures. It is seen that with other legal sections loosing potency in getting the accused arrested such kind of allegations are now levelled against brother in laws and father in law by unscrupulous women.

State of maharashtra defined the ingredients that constitute the essentials of the modesty of a woman. The term modesty has been defined nowhere in the penal code but the supreme court in the case of raju pandurang mahale v. This section punishes an assault on or use of criminal force to a woman with the intention of outraging her modesty or with the knowledge that it is likely that he will thereby outrage her modesty.

Section 354 ipc states the act of any criminal force committed on a woman with the intention to outrage her modesty. The ambit of ipc 354 widened with the insertion of four new sections through the criminal law amendment act 13 of 2013. 354 assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty.