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Delhi District Court

Judgment Of Hon'Ble High Court Of Delhi ... vs . State Lrl.A 647/2015 on 24 April, 2018

IN THE COURT OF MS. VIDHI GUPTA ANAND, METROPOLITAN MAGISTRATE
             (MAHILA COURT-3), SHAHDARA, KKD, DELHI


                                JUDGMENT U/S 355 Cr.PC


a     Serial No. of the case                     : FIR no. 191/13 PS Nand Nagri
                                                   [CR No.81969]
b     Date of the commission of the : 10.04.2013
      offence
c     Name of the Complainant                    : Ms. X (Name withheld)
d     Name of Accused person and his : Akash @ Bhaiya
      parentage and residence          S/o Sh. Mahender Singh Nagi
                                       R/o N-354, Sunder Nagri, Delhi.
e     Offence complained of                      : 354 IPC
f     Plea of the Accused and his : Not guilty.
      examination (if any)
g     Final Order                                : Convicted
h     Order reserved on                          : 12.04.2018
i     Order pronounced on                        : 24.04.2018




1.     Vide this judgment a complaint filed by one Ms. X (name withheld in terms of

judgment of Hon'ble High Court of Delhi titled as Manoj Vs. State LRL.A 647/2015

dt. 31.08.2016) against Accused Akash @ Bhaiya (hereinafter Accused) registered

vide FIR no.191/13 u/s 354 IPC PS Nand Nagri shall be decided and disposed of.

2.     The present FIR was registered with PS Nand Nagari on 10.04.2013 upon a

written complaint given by the Complainant.

       Complainant has claimed that on the night of 10.04.2013 when she was

going to attend a marriage from her house to M-block, Baraat Ghar, an incident of

eve teasing had taken place with her near Gali no. 7. She stated that at the time of

the incident, her son was in her lap, who was somehow saved from falling on the

floor. Complainant submits that Accused put his hand on her chest and was in

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 drunken condition. She further stated that after inquiry, she came to know the name

of the Accused as Akash @ Bhaiya S/o Mahender R/o N/Block, Gali no. 7, Sunder

Nagari, Delhi.

       In the light of aforesaid complaint, legal proceedings were initiated in the

present matter with respect to outraging of the modesty of the Complainant.

3.     After completion of the investigation by IO SI Shashi Kant, charge sheet was

filed in this matter against Akash @ Bhaiya            on 19.07.2013. Vide order of even

date, cognizance was taken for the offence mentioned in challan i.e. u/s 354 IPC

and the Accused was summoned before the court.

4.     Upon appearance of the Accused before the court, in compliance of section

207 Cr. P.C., copies were supplied to the Accused and thereafter, on 28.03.2014

charge was framed upon the Accused Akash @ Bhaiya                 u/s 354 IPC. Accused

pleaded not guilty and claimed trial and thus, the matter was listed for recording

Prosecution's evidence.

5.     In order to prove the guilt of the Accused, the Prosecution has examined six

witnesses, out of which the two are public witnesses i.e. the Complainant and her

husband and remaining four are formal police witnesses. A brief overview of the

evidence led by the Prosecution is given in the following paragraphs.

5.1    Complainant Ms. X was examined as PW1. She deposed that on

10.04.2013 at around 9 p.m. she along with her husband, Mohd. Wakil and mother

Zubeda were going to attend the marriage of her friend Afsana at M-Block

Community Centre. She stated that on their way, while they were passing through

gali no.7, Accused, who was also passing through the same street in a drunken

condition, suddenly tried to hug the Complainant and molested her by touching her

breast and her child who was in her lap was also hit by the Accused and she

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 somehow managed to save him. She added that her husband was walking ahead

of her and when she and her mother raised an alarm, her husband rushed towards

them and people also gathered there, who were calling the Accused by the name of

Akash @ Bhaiya. She stated that Accused ran away from the spot and later when

she along with her husband, mother and other public persons went to his house, he

fled away from there also. Complainant stated that she called at 100 number from

her husband's mobile phone. She exhibited her statement recorded by the police

as Ex.PW1/A and site plan prepared at her instance as Ex.PW1/B.

       In her cross-examination she revealed that there was no crowd in the street

while they were passing through the street and only shop of bakery was open at

that time. She also stated that she did not know the Accused prior to the incident

in question and had not seen him even after that. She admitted that police did not

record the statement of any other witness in her presence. She denied the

suggestion of ld. Counsel for the Accused that Accused did not molest her or that

her husband had a quarrel with the Accused.

5.2    Husband of Complainant Mohd. Wakil was                 examined as PW-2.   He

deposed in support of the testimony given by the Complainant and reiterated that

on the intervening night of 10/11.04.2013 at the place above mentioned, his wife

was molested by the Accused who had pushed her and put his hand on her breast

and their son who was in her lap was somehow saved. He also stated that at the

time of aforesaid incident, he was walking ahead of his wife and mother and only

when his wife raised an alarm, he ran towards her. He further stated that the public

persons gathered there had informed them the name of the Accused as Aaksh @

Bhaiya and thereafter, his wife called at number 100 through his mobile phone.

       In his cross-examination, he also stated that there was one bakery shop

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 which was open at that time and there were street lights in the area. He also added

that police did not record the statement of any other witness except from his wife

and his family. Further, he stated that he was unable to tell the names of the public

persons who had gathered at the spot. He also stated that he did not know the

Accused prior to the incident in question. He denied the suggestion that no such

incident had ever occurred or that he was deposing falsely.

5.3    ASI Sanjeev Kumar, posted as duty officer in PS - Nand Nagri on

10.04.2013 was examined as PW3. He deposed to have registered the present

FIR no. 191/13 (Ex. PW3/B) on the basis of rukka sent to him by SI Shashi Kant

through Ct. Charan Pal. He exhibited the endorsement made by him on rukka as

Ex. PW3/A. He also exhibited the certificate u/s 65B Indian Evidence Act (Ex.

PW3/C) issued by the SHO PS concerned with respect to the authenticity of the FIR

registration. He also stated that he recorded the information regarding quarrel with

a lady near Masjid, Gali no. 5-6, H-Block, Sunder Nagari, Delhi vide DD no. 40A in

roznamcha register (Ex. PW3/D) and information of the same was given to SI

Shashi Kant through phone for necessary action.

       During his cross-examination, nothing substantial was brought out to

question his veracity.

5.4    HC Subhash, posted as Constable in PS - Nand Nagri on 22.04.2013

was examined as PW4. The testimony of this witness is relevant only to the extent

of proving the arrest of Accused by the IO upon his surrender before the court of

Ms. Savitri, the then ld. MM. He exhibited the arrest memo of the Accused as

Ex.PW4/A and his personal search memo as Ex.PW4/B.

               Despite opportunity, the Accused preferred not to cross-examine the

witness and hence, nil cross-examination was recorded for PW4.

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 5.5      SI Shashi Kant, posted as SI in PS - Nand Nagri on 10.04.2013 was

examined as PW5 being the IO of this matter. He reaffirmed the testimonies of all

the other police witnesses and brought strength to the Prosecution case. He

testified that on the day of incident, on receiving of information regarding eve

teasing with a lady at about 10.10 p.m. vide DD No.40-A, he along with Ct. Charan

Pal reached at the spot where they met the Complainant and her husband and

Complainant gave a written complaint to them, upon which he prepared rukka (Ex.

PW5/A) and handed over the same to Ct. Charan Pal for registration of FIR. He

further testified that after registration of FIR, site plan was prepared at the instance

of the Complainant (Ex.PW1/B) and he alongwith the Complainant, her husband

and Ct. Charan Pal searched for the Accused but of no avail. He stated that he

recorded the statement of Complainant and her husband u/s 161 Cr.P.C. He further

testified that on 22.04.2013, Accused surrendered before the court of Ms. Savitri,

the then Ld. MM and he formally arrested (Ex. PW4/A) and personally searched

(Ex. PW4/B) the Accused. He correctly identified the Accused as present in the

Court.

         In his cross-examination, he clarified that he requested public persons

present at the spot to join investigation but they refused and later, no written notice

could be served upon them due to paucity of time. He admitted that TIP of the

Accused was not got conducted and added that despite search operations,

Accused could not be apprehended by them.

5.6      Ct. Charan Pal, posted as constable in PS - Nand Nagri on

10/11.04.2013 was examined as PW6. In support of the testimony of PW5, he

testified that on receiving of DD no. 40A, he alongwith IO went to the spot where

Complainant alongwith her husband met them and told them that Accused had

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 misbehaved with her. He added that the Complainant handed over a written

complaint (Ex.PW1/A) to the IO, which was taken by him to the PS concerned and

thereafter, FIR (Ex.PW3/B) was registered in this matter. He further stated that he

had handed over the original tehrir and copy of FIR to the IO and thereafter,

statement of Complainant and her husband was recorded and site plan was

prepared. He stated that he alongwith IO searched the house of Accused which

was found locked from outside.

          During cross-examination, he admitted that statements of none of public

witnesses were recorded as they refused to join investigation. He denied the

suggestion of the Ld. Counsel for the Accused that he never joined the investigation

or that the entire investigation proceedings were carried out while sitting in the PS

itself.

6.        After completion of Prosecution evidence, statement of Accused u/s 313

Cr.P.C. was recorded on 06.03.2018 whereby he was put with all the incriminating

evidence brought by the Prosecution against him. Accused denied the allegations of

the Prosecution and stated that he has been falsely implicated in the present case.

However, despite being given an opportunity, he preferred not to lead any evidence

in support of his case and therefore, the matter was listed for final arguments.

7.        Ld. APP for the State as well as Ld. Counsel for the Accused vigorously

addressed their arguments in support of their respective cases.

          Ld. APP for the State has pressed upon guilt of the Accused stating that all

the Prosecution witnesses have withstood the test             of cross-examination to

successfully prove the case of the Prosecution beyond all reasonable doubts and

hence, there remains no scope of doubt that Accused has committed the offence in

question. . Further, Ld. APP for the State added that in women related offences,

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 even the sole testimony of the Complainant is sufficient to convict the Accused and

here, we have another eye-witness present at the spot to support her case i.e. her

husband and thus, even absence of other public witnesses would not be of much

relevance to the Prosecution case.

       On the other hand, Ld. Counsel for the Accused has vehemently opposed

the contentions of Ld. APP for the State arguing that Accused has been falsely

implicated in this matter and rather the Accused, who is present in the court is not

even named as Akash @ Bhaiya and rather known with the name Narender which

has nowhere been mentioned in the entire trial proceedings. Ld. Counsel for the

Accused has also argued that since Accused was unknown to the victim, it was

indispensable to conduct TIP of the Accused and the failure of the same proves to

be fatal to the case of the Prosecution, thus, meriting acquittal of the Accused from

the present case.

       Submissions have been carefully heard. Record has been thoroughly

perused. Before proceeding on to appreciation of evidence, it is yet again reiterated

that Accused herein has not preferred to lead any evidence in his defence despite

having an opportunity to do so and thus, his guilt or absence of the same has to be

guaged only on the basis of the evidence led by the Prosecution.

8.     Moving further, prior to scrutinizing the evidence led by the Prosecution, it is

important to first examine and understand the charge for which the Accused has

been framed i.e. section 354 IPC. This is one offence, carved in the IPC, ever since

its inception, in order to protect the dignity of women and to ensure that nobody

invades their privacy without their permission. It is apt at this stage to have a quick

glance at the content of the section 354 IPC in order to cull out its constituents and

examine whether the same stand fulfilled in the case at hand or not. Section 354 is

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 reproduced below for an easy reference.

                  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
                  imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be
                  less than one year but which may extend to five years, and shall
                  also be liable to fine.

            From the language of the above stated provision itself, the basic

ingredients to complete the offence of outrage of modesty of a woman are manifest

which include:

                  a)           Use of assault or criminal force upon a woman

                  b)           Intention/knowledge to outrage her modesty

8.1.        From the first essential as mentioned above, it is clear that the victim in

cases u/s 354 IPC can only be a woman. Further, the question as to what is the

meaning of assault/criminal force finds its answer in the Penal Code whereby both

the said terms find specific mention.

            Section 350 IPC defines Criminal Force as follows:

                  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 whom the force is used, is said to
                  use criminal force to that other.

            Further, Section 351 IPC defines Assault as follows:

                  Whoever makes any gesture, or any preparation intending or
                  knowing it to be likely that such gesture or preparation will
                  cause any person present to apprehend that he who makes
                  that gesture or preparation is about to use criminal force to that
                  person, is said to commit an assault.

                  Explanation.--Mere words do not amount to an assault. But the
                  words which a person uses may give to his gestures or
                  preparation such a meaning as may make those gestures or
                  preparations amount to an assault.

            In view of both the definitions given above, it is clear that not only by

actual touch, but even without a physical contact i.e. by gesture or preparation, an


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 act can be covered within the ambit of this provision. Not only acts which cause

actual hurt, fear or annoyance but also any gesture or preparation which suggests

that criminal force is likely to be used shall be brought under the scope of section

354 IPC.

8.2.        The other essential, which completes the offence u/s 354 IPC is the

intention to outrage the modesty of a woman. The word intention brings the aspect

of mens rea as a pre-condition for holding a person guilty of the outrageous act. At

the same time, from the language of the provision quoted above, even without the

intention, if the person has knowledge that his act is likely to outrage the modesty of

a woman, it shall be covered u/s 354 IPC.

8.3.        The most important aspect of the offence u/s 354 IPC is the meaning of

the term outraging of modesty. This term has not been defined anywhere in the IPC

or in any other Statute passed by the legislature. The same has to be determined

on case to case basis depending upon several factors including the general

perception of the right minded persons of the society about the act so committed.

Nevertheless, certain leading judgments of the Hon'ble Superior Courts, do throw

light upon the meaning of the said phrase and it would be appropriate at this stage

to have a brief reading of the same.

            In the matter titled as Mrs. Rupan Deol Bajaj & Anr vs. Kanwar Pal

Singh Gill & Anr [1995 SCC (6) 194], holding that a slap on the posterior of a

woman is covered within the scope of section 354 IPC, the Hon'ble Apex Court of

India referred to several definitions of modesty as follows:

                  According to Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (Third Edition)
                  modesty is the quality of being modest and in relation to woman
                  means "womanly propriety of behaviour; scrupulous chastity of
                  thought, speech and conduct". The word `modest' in relation to
                  woman is defined in the above dictionary as "decorous in
                  manner and conduct; not forward or lewd; shamefast".

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                   Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English
                  language defines modesty as "freedom from coarseness,
                  indelicacy or indecency; a regard for propriety in dress, speech
                  or conduct". In the Oxford English Dictionary (1933 Ed) the
                  meaning of the word `modesty' is given as "womanly propriety
                  of behaviour; scrupulous chastity of thought, speech and
                  conduct (in man or woman); reserve or sense of shame
                  proceeding from instinctive aversion to impure or coarse
                  suggestions".



            Further, in its leading judgment titled as Tarkeshwar Sahu vs. State of

Bihar [MANU/SC/4421/2006] the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, throwing light

upon section 354 held that:

                  So far as the offence under Section 354 IPC is concerned,
                  intention to outrage the modesty of the women or knowledge
                  that the act of the Accused would result in outraging her
                  modesty is the gravamen of the offence.
                  The essence of a woman's modesty is her sex. The culpable
                  intention of the Accused is the crux of the matter. The reaction
                  of the woman is very relevant, but its absence is not always
                  decisive. Modesty is an attribute associated with female human
                  beings as a class. It is a virtue which attaches to a female
                  owing to her sex.
                  ............

The word 'modesty' is not to be interpreted with reference to the particular victim of the act, but as an attribute associated with female human beings as a class.

Recently, further elucidating the scope of section 354 IPC, in its judgment titled as Brijesh vs State [Cr.A. No. 1198/2012 decided on 03.09.2013], Hon'ble High Court of Delhi held that:

31. In order to constitute the offence under Section 354 IPC mere knowledge that modesty of a woman is likely to be outraged is sufficient without any deliberate intention to commit the said offence. There is no abstract conception of modesty that can apply to all cases. A careful approach has to be adopted by the Court while dealing with a case alleging outrage of modesty. The essential ingredients of the offence under Section 354 IPC are as under:-
i) That the person assaulted must be a woman;
ii) That the Accused must have used criminal force on her;
iii) That the criminal force must have been used on the woman intending thereby to outrage her modesty.

32. Intention is not the still criteria of the offence under Section 354 IPC and it can be committed by a person assaulting or using criminal force to any woman if he knows that by such act FIR no. 191/13, u/s 354 IPC titled State vs. Akash @ Bhaiya 10 / 15 the modesty of the woman is likely to be affected. Knowledge and intention are essential things of the mind and cannot be demonstrated like physical objects. The existence of intention or knowledge has to be culled out from various circumstances in which and upon whom the alleged offences alleged to have been committed. The factum of molestation and indignation is in the same position as an injured witness and her testimony should receive the same weightage.

In the light of the discussion held above, as well as the legal aspects of the provision u/s 354 IPC as aforementioned, it is clear that the answer to the question as to whether the modesty of the victim has been outraged or not shall be determined not only from the perspective of the victim but also from the larger perception of women as a class.

9. Coming now to the facts of the case at hand, the first and foremost question which needs to be answered is with respect to the identity of the Accused. It has been stated by the Ld. counsel for the Accused that Accused has never been named as Akash and his name has always been Narender. This contention of the Ld. Counsel for the Accused, does not even carry an iota of weight for the purposes of trial in this case as it apparent from court record itself that the Accused himself admits to be known as Akash and the same has not been disputed by him anywhere during entire trial. In Ex.PW4/A i.e. the arrest memo of the Accused, which has gone unrebutted and hence proved, Accused has signed as Akash (in devnagri script). Further, in the charge served upon the Accused u/s 354 IPC on 28.03.2014 also he has signed as Akash and till date no dispute has been raised by the Accused with respect to framing of charge. Most importantly, in the surrender- cum-bail application filed by the Accused on record, his exemption applications on record, his warrant cancellation application on record, his bail-bonds on record and even the vakalatnama filed on his behalf as well as his medical cards issued from IHBAS, bear his name and signatures as Akash. It is also vital to note that Accused FIR no. 191/13, u/s 354 IPC titled State vs. Akash @ Bhaiya 11 / 15 had not been arrested at the spot and had rather himself come and surrendered in court for the present case which is filed against one Akash and not Narender, which yet again implies his identification with this name. Thus, there is no denying the fact that Accused is certainly known by the name Akash and he himself also represents the same. Moreover, the Complainant while deposing on oath the Complainant has specifically identified Accused present in the court as the same person who committed the offence in question with her. It is only on his statement u/s 313 Cr.P.C. has the Accused signed as Narender which shows his clear intentions to mislead the court.

With respect to the issue of conducting of TIP, Ld. Counsel for the Accused has also relied upon several judgments including Rajesh Govind Jagesha vs. State of Maharashtra [1999 (4) RCR (Criminal)], Kanan vs. State of Kerela [AIR 1979 SC 1127], Devender vs. State of Haryana [1999 (3) RCR (Criminal)] and Pritam vs. State of Haryana [ 2003 (2) RCR (Criminal)]. All the said authorities have been perused and their crux is that if the witness identifies an unknown Accused in court, the same shall not hold much value if the TIP of the Accused has not been conducted. However, the said judgments or the arguments of the Ld. Counsel for the Accused, do not hold much significance for this case as the presence of the Accused at the spot of the incident has not been disputed by him. Rather, during the cross-examination of PW1, a suggestion has been put to her that her husband had quarreled with the Accused which goes on suggest that he was actually present at the spot of the incident.

Also, as already stated above, Accused has not led any defence evidence which goes against his case. Had he actually disputed his presence at the spot or his identity as Akash, he would have proved the same by bringing sufficient FIR no. 191/13, u/s 354 IPC titled State vs. Akash @ Bhaiya 12 / 15 evidence to that effect. However, for the reasons best known to him, Accused has refrained from stepping into the witness box and thus, his defence remains open- ended even till the conclusion of the trial.

10. Moving ahead, the case of the Complainant is that Accused molested her on the street by touching her breast and making an attempt to hug her as a result of which the child whom she was holding in her hand was almost saved from falling. The Complainant has not only reiterated her complaint given to the police in her examination-in-chief but also undoubtedly faced the questions in cross-examination and made her testimony firm. The testimony of her husband also supports her case to the largest extent possible, leaving no scope of doubt that the incident alleged had occurred with her.

Ld. Counsel for the Accused argued that husband of the Complainant i.e. PW2 is not an eye-witness to the incident as he had his back towards the Complainant at the time of the alleged incident. This submission of Ld. Counsel for the Accused has been countered by Ld. APP for the State contending that even if, PW2 had his back towards the Complainant, he did hear her screams at the time of the incident and thus, is a witness to the alleged act. Further, Ld. APP for the State has argued that even if for the sake of assumption it is taken to be true that husband of the Complainant was not an eye-witness, then certainly, he was a res- gestae witness and thus, his testimony becomes of utmost relevance. Moreover, during his cross-examination, it has nowhere been suggested to PW2 that he did not hear the Complainant screaming or that he not see the Accused on the spot.

Both the public witnesses brought by the Prosecution have testified in line with each other, thus, adding more strength to the Prosecution case. Further, with respect to the argument of the Ld. Counsel for the Accused in regard to false FIR no. 191/13, u/s 354 IPC titled State vs. Akash @ Bhaiya 13 / 15 implication of the Accused, no merits are found in the same as no motive has been shown by the Accused as to why would the Complainant at the stake of her dignity implicate a man whom she does not even know. Even the IO of this matter i.e. PW5 has supported the version of the Complainant that she did not know him personally and only knew him by name. For alleging that the Accused has been wrongly implicated in this matter, it was highly important for the defence to at least show a motive of the Complainant, however, defence has miserably failed to do the same.

11. With respect to the other evidence brought by Prosecution, yet again, all the formal police witnesses have deposed as per challan filed by the IO. Further, neither the registration of FIR has been disputed by the Accused nor his arrest from the Court. It has been suggested to the IO of this matter by the Ld. Defence Counsel that the Accused was not present at the spot of the incident. However, this suggestion also does not carry much weight for two reasons; one, that it has been put to the Complainant by the Ld. Counsel for the Accused that Accused had quarreled with her husband implying that he was present at the spot and two, plea of alibi has neither been taken by the Accused during his statement u/s 313 Cr.P.C. nor proved by leading defence evidence.

12. Further, with respect to the question as to whether the act of the Accused comes within the ambit of section 354 IPC, needless to say, the very nature of the act committed by the Accused i.e. touching the breast of the Complainant, under any circumstance falls within the definition of outraging of modesty. Not only this act but the very audacity of the Accused to commit such an act in presence of mother and husband of the Complainant and that too in full public glare, shows the fearlessness in his mind with respect to commission of a crime. It is such kinds of acts which might last for a few seconds but leave a deep impact on the victim for FIR no. 191/13, u/s 354 IPC titled State vs. Akash @ Bhaiya 14 / 15 years to come.

13. In view of the above discussion, this court has no hesitation in holding that by bringing cogent and consistent evidence, Prosecution has discharged its burden of proving the case beyond all reasonable doubts against the Accused. However, on the other hand, not leading evidence in this case has turned out to be the biggest shortcoming of defence, hence pushing the Accused nearer to culpability.

Thus, Accused Akash @Bhaiya is hereby held guilty and convicted for the offences u/s 354 IPC. This being the case, the Accused shall be heard separately on point of sentence. Copy of this judgment be given to the Accused free of cost. One digitally signed copy of this judgment be also uploaded on the official website.

ANNOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON 24.04.2018 (Vidhi Gupta Anand) MM (Mahila Court-03) SHD/KKD Courts/Delhi [This judgment contains 15 signed pages] VIDHI Digitally signed by VIDHI GUPTA Date: 2018.04.24 GUPTA 16:50:36 +0530 FIR no. 191/13, u/s 354 IPC titled State vs. Akash @ Bhaiya 15 / 15