The Patna High Court has held that entering a woman’s home at night, lying on her and pressing her mouth does not amount to attempt to rape, and convicted the man under Section 354 IPC instead.
The Supreme Court on Friday heard a Senior Advocate’s objection to the word ‘preparation’ in judicial orders describing sexual acts short of penetration, with CJI Surya Kant describing one High Court’s line as ‘very shocking’. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday (October 9) heard Senior Advocate Shobha Gupta assail the use of the word […]
The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of a Patna High Court judgment that held certain acts alleged against the accused did not amount to an ‘attempt to rape’, but at most to outraging a woman’s modesty under Section 354 IPC. A Bench led by CJI Surya Kant observed that some of the High Court’s observations were offensive, and said it would hear the accused before deciding. The step follows the Court’s earlier correction of a similar Allahabad High Court verdict.
