US EditionBombay High Court's BIG Observation: ‘I Love You’ Is an Expression of Feelings, Not ‘Sexual Intent’
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Bombay High Court's BIG observation: ‘I love you’ is an expression of feelings, not ‘sexual intent’
The Bombay High Court's Nagpur bench ruled that expressing love does not imply sexual intent. Acquitting a man convicted of molestation, the court stated that sexual acts must involve inappropriate actions, not mere declarations of affection.
Saying 'I Love You' Expression Of Feelings, Not Sexual Intent: High Court
Saying 'I love you' is only an expression of feelings and does not in itself amount to "sexual intent", the Bombay High Court's Nagpur bench has said acquitting a 35-year-old man accused of molesting a teenage girl in 2015.
Nagpur: Saying “I Love You” cannot be considered obscenity or sexual harassment on the basis of that statement alone, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has given a significant and historically significant decision from the point of view of society. A bench of Justices Urmila Joshi-Phadke and V.G. Bisen gave this decision by quashing the FIR filed against a teacher. What exactly is the case? A female teacher had filed a complaint against …
Saying ‘I Love You’ to a Minor Girl Doesn’t Constitute Sexual Harassment
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has acquitted a 27-year-old man who was earlier convicted of sexually harassing a minor girl in 2017, ruling that merely saying “I love you” and holding her hand does not amount to sexual harassment under law. Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke, presiding over the single-judge bench, set aside the previous conviction, stating that the prosecution failed to establish sufficient evidence to prove the charges unde…
The Bombay High Court has said that saying ‘I love you’ is just an expression of feelings and not for sexual purposes. In 2015, a 35-year-old man allegedly held the hand of a 17-year-old girl from Nagpur, Maharashtra, and asked her name before saying ‘I love you’. A police complaint was filed against the 35-year-old man in this incident. Based on the complaint, the police registered a case against the man under the POCSO Act and arrested him. A …
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