Incident took place where a woman alleged that when she was standing a man came close to her and hold her hand as well as threatening to kill her. A criminal case was filed against the accused under Sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and 506(1) (criminal Intimidation) of the IPC. When the case came to the judge he found that the accused have had no intention to outrage the modesty of the women through the statements and evidence of the case.
The court quasedt the charges of section 354 and making him liable only forcriminal intimidation under Section 506 (1) of the IPC for threatening to kill the woman with an intent to cause her alarm.
Name- Divya Choudhary , College- National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi. Semester-2nd semester (1ST Year), an intern under Legal Vidhiya.
