Sexual harassment charge will not prima facie stand when woman was wearing ‘sexually provocative dresses’, says Kerala court

Wednesday, 17 August 2022newsdesk

Granting anticipatory bail to writer and social activist Civic Chandran in a sexual harassment case, a district sessions court in Kozhikode observed that the offence under Section 354 (A) (sexual harassment) of the Indian Penal Code would prima facie not be attracted when the woman was wearing ‘sexually provocative dresses’.

New Delhi, 17 August 2022

As per news report of The Indian Express, Chandran, who had furnished photographs of the complainant along with the bail plea, was granted anticipatory bail on August 12. Earlier, on August 2, he had obtained anticipatory bail in another sexual harassment case filed against him. Referring to the photographs of the woman, the court said, “It would reveal that the de facto complainant is herself exposing to dresses which are having some sexual provocative one. So, Section 354A will not prima facie stand against the accused.”

Source - The Indian Express