Section 354 Of Indian Penal Code

A demand or request for sexual favours.

Section 354 of indian penal code. I p c 354a sexual harassment and punishment for sexual harassment from the indian penal code by advocate raman devgan. Section 354 of the indian penal code 1860. The act caused with the intention to outrage the modesty of a woman ultimately leads to sexual assault.

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. In order to provide protection against the act of sexual assault further sections were added. Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty.

Criminal force whoever intentionally uses force to any person without that person s consent in order to the committing of any offence or intending by the use of such force to cause or knowing it to be likely that by the use of such force he will cause injury fear or annoyance to the person to. The ambit of section 354 indian penal code is way wide. Section 354 in the indian penal code 354.

Legal provisions of section 354 of indian penal code 1860. Sexual harassment and punishment for sexual harassment. Public servant disobeying direction under law whoever being a public servant a knowingly disobeys any direction of the law which prohibits him from requiring the attendance at any place of any person for the purpose of investigation into an offence or any other matter or.

Showing pornography against the will of a woman. Section 354 of the indian penal code 1860 makes any assault or criminal force on women in order to outrage their modesty punishable with a term which may even extent to 7 years. Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any woman intending to outrage or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby outrage her modesty shall be punished with impris onment of either description for a term which may extend to two years or with fine or with both.

This section generally succeeds section 509 of the indian penal code which makes any words gestures or act punishable which insults the modesty of women. The supreme court upheld the constitutional validity of death penalty for murder in section 302 indian penal code 1860 and the procedure in section 354 3 code of criminal procedure 1973 while dismissing the challenges pertaining to the span constitutionality of the above provisions. Public servant disobeying direction under law.