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CRIME AGAINST WOMEN WITH REFERENCE TO
THE INDIAN PENAL CODE
PRESENTED BY- SUBHRA RANJAN NAYAK

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF- PROF DR. GYANENDRA KUMAR SAHU
REGISTRATION NUMBER- 14015V222028
INTRODUCTION
“The Semantic meaning of crime against women‟ is direct or indirect physical or mental cruelty to women. Crimes
which are directed specifically against women‟ and in which, only women are victims‟ are characterized as a Crime
Against Women.”
The United Nations defined “Violence against Women” in 1993 in Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women. It
defines it as any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or psychological harm or
suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or
private life.
PROVISIONS UNDER IPC
• Kidnapping (Sec 359,360,366)

The term kidnapping refers to either kidnapping from India or kidnapping from lawful guardianship. Sec 360 of the IPC states that whoever
conveys any person beyond India without his consent is said to kidnap that person from India and whoever takes a away a minor (16yrs in case
of male and 18yrs in case of female) without his consent or the guardian’s consent is said to kidnap that person from lawful guardianship (Sec
361). The punishment for this purpose is upto 7 yrs and fine. Sec 366 of IPC defines kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her
marriage and forceful sexual relations for which the offender can be punished with imprisonment upto 10 yrs and fine.
• Eve Teasing (Sec 509)

Eve Teasing is a euphemism used for public sexual harassment or molestation of women by men. It is a problem in the current
youth. It is a form of sexual aggression that ranges in severity from sexual remarks, brushing and catcalls to groping. Sec 509
of the IPC states that whoever intending to insult the modesty of any women, utters any word, makes any sound or gesture or
exhibits any object which intrudes upon the privacy of such woman shall be punished with imprisonment upto 3 yrs and fine.
CONT….
• Rape (Sec 376,376A,376B,376C,376D)

Rape is a much broader term to be defined and its scope is of wider perspective. It is the most common crime against women and the Indian society and system
has failed to end this heinous crime. The world is seeing India as a nation of rapists. The numbers have increased tremendously. The law system has failed purely.
The offence can be categorized in various aspects as a rape of a minor girl, rape of a woman (Sec 376), rape with murder (Sec 376A), rape in families, rape by
public servants (Sec 376C) , gang-rape (Sec 376 D), marital rapes (Sec 376B). The punishments for these offences range from imprisonment upto 7yrs to 20 yrs or
Life imprisonment and also fine.
• Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment can be defined as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other verbal or physical harassment of sexual nature. It
includes a range of actions from mild transgressions to sexual abuse or sexual assault, showing pornography to women against her will etc. Acc to Sec
354A of IPC if any person commits an act of sexual harassment, he shall be rigorously imprisoned upto 3yrs and fine.
CONT..
• Acid Attacks
However the sale of acids without proper information has been banned by the government of India, Acid
attacks are still in trend to threaten women and hurt them. Sec 326A and 326B of IPC state that whoever
voluntarily throws acid for grievous hurt or an assault shall be punished with imprisonment upto 7yrs to L.I.
and a fine.
• Assault to outrage modesty
Whoever assaults or uses criminal force intending to outrage her modesty (1yr-5yrs imprisonment) or
disrobing her or compelling her to be naked (3yrs-7yrs imprisonment) are liable under Sec 354 and Sec 354B
respectively.
JUDICIAL TREND
• SATVIR SINGH v. STATE OF PUNJAB (AIR 2001 SC 2828: (2001) 8 SCC 633.
The customary payment in connection with the birth of child or other ceremonies, are not involved within ambit
of dowry.
• KALIYAPERUMAL v. STATE OF TAMIL NADU (AIR 2003 SC 3828)
Suffice, however, to indicate that the expression ‘soon before would normally imply that the interval should not
be much between the concerned cruelty or harassment and the death in question. There must be existence of a
proximate and live-link between the effect of cruelty based on dowry demand and the concerned death. If
alleged incident of cruelty is remote in time and has become stale enough not to disturb mental equilibrium of
the women concerned, it would be of no consequences.
VISHAKAS’S CASE (AIR, 1997 SC 3011)
• It was I 1997 that for the first time sexual harassment had been explicitly- legally defined as an unwelcome sexual
gesture or behaviour whether directly or indirectly as-
- Sexually coloured remarks.

- Physical contact and advances.
- Showing pornography.
- A demand or request for sexual favours.
- Any other unwelcome physical, verbal/non-verbal conduct being sexual in nature.
SUGGESTIONS
• There is a need to reform the images of women in society that have been created over centuries by
history, mythology and social customs.
• There is no dearth of laws for reducing sexual crime against women in any country, what is lacking is
its proper implementation.
• Investigation of sexual crimes like rape, sexual harassment, eve teasing, etc. should be started
immediately after getting information so that the real facts can be ascertained and the culprits do not
have time to escape or create evidence in their favour.
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CRIME AGAINST WOMEN WITH REFERENCE TO

THE INDIAN PENAL CODE

PRESENTED BY- SUBHRA RANJAN NAYAK

• Kidnapping (Sec 359,360,366)

• Eve Teasing (Sec 509)

• Rape (Sec 376,376A,376B,376C,376D)

- Sexually coloured remarks.

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