Today, On 13th June, The Rajasthan High Court made a statement while delivering a judgment in a 33-year-old case, stating that the act of removing a minor girl’s underwear and getting naked in front of her does not amount to an attempt to commit rape. Instead, it could be considered an offense of outraging the woman’s modesty. The court clarified that this act falls under the offense of assault to outrage the modesty of a woman, punishable under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code.
