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Saying ‘love you’ outrages modesty of women: HC

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December 25, 2025

THE Chhattisgarh High Court, hearing the appeal against the conviction judgment order of the trial court, ruled that saying ‘I love you’, holding hand and pulling woman towards self amounted to offence as it outrages the modesty of a woman.

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The accused, 19 years at the time of incident in Raigarh district, was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment (RI) for 3 years besides a fine of 21,000 under Section 354 of IPC (criminal force ona woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and the Protection of Ch

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