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SEXUAL
OFFENCES
Dr Arun Pinchu Xavier
Assistant Professor
Dept: Of Forensic Medicine
Sree Mookambika Institute Of Medical Sciences
SEXUAL OFFENCES
CLASSIFICATION :
 Natural
 Unnatural
 Sexual Perversions
 Other sex linked offences
01.Natural sexual offences
RAPE
INCEST
ADULTERY
02.Unnatural Offences
 SODOMY
 BESTIALITY
 TRIBADISM
 BUCCAL COITUS
03.Sexual Perversions
 Sadism
 Masochism (Passive algolangia)
 Necrophilia
 Fetichism
 Transvestism
 Exhibitionism
 Masturbation
 Frotteurism
 Undinism
 Voyeurism
04.Sex- linked offences
 SEXUAL HARASSMENT
 STALKING
 TRAFFICKING
 INDECENT ASSAULT
Rape
➢ Latin word , Section 375 I.P.C
➢ ‘Rapio’- means ‘To Seize’ (Forcible Seizure).
• RAPE
A Latin word ,
S - 375 IPC
➢A man is said to commit "RAPE" if he –
P I M S
a) Penetrates his penis, to any extent, into the vagina,
mouth, urethra or anus of a woman or makes her to
do so with him or any other person; or
b) Inserts, to any extent, any object or a part of the
body, not being the penis, into the vagina, the
urethra or anus of a woman or makes her to do so
with him or any other person; or
c) Manipulates any part of the body of a woman so
as to cause penetration into the vagina, urethra,
anus or any part of body of such woman or makes
her to do so with him or any other person; or
d) ApplieS his mouth to the vagina, anus, urethra of
a woman or makes her to do so with him or any
other person,
➢Under the circumstances falling under any of the
following 7 descriptions:-
1. Against her will.
2. Without her consent.
3. With her consent, when her consent has been
obtained by putting her or any person in whom she
is interested, in fear of death or in hurt.
4. With her consent, when man knows that he is not
her husband & she gives consent because she
believes that he is another man to whom she is
lawfully married
4. With her consent when, at the time of giving such
consent, by reason of unsoundness of mind or
intoxication or the administration by him
personally or through another of any stupefying or
unwholesome substance, she is unable to
understand the nature and consequences of that to
which she gives consent.
6. With or without her consent when she is under 18
years of age.
7. When the person is unable to communicate
consent.
Explanation
 Explanation 1 - For the purposes of this section, "vagina"
shall also include labia majora.
 Explanation 2 - Consent means an unequivocal voluntary
agreement when the woman by words, gestures or any form
of verbal or non-verbal communication, communicates
willingness to participate in the specific sexual act:
Provided that a woman who does not physically resist to the
act of penetration shall not by the reason only of that fact, be
regarded as consenting to the sexual activity.
Exceptions…
 Exception 1
A medical procedure or intervention shall not
constitute rape.
 Exception 2
Sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his
own wife, the wife not being under fifteen years of
age, is not rape.
Punished under - 376 IPC
376 - 1 , 2 , 3
A AB B C D DA DB E
Sec 376 I.P.C
 Deals With Punishment For Rape.
376 (1)
1. Whoever, except in the cases provided for by sub-
section (2).
 Imprisonment for term not less than 7 years, but
it may be extend up to life imprisonment and also
fine
Sec-376 (2)
a) When POLICE OFFICER commits rape
within the limits of his:
 Jurisdiction
 Custody
 Premises of any station.
b) Rape By Public Servant With The Woman In His Custody.
c) Rape By Person Of Member Of Armed Forces In The Area
By Virtue Of Development By Central Or State
Government.
d) Rape By Person Of Management Or Other Place Staff Of
A Jail Or Remand Home On Inmate Of Such Jail Or
Remand Home Or Place Or Institution.
e. Person Of Management Or On The Staff Of A Hospital
Committing Rape On A Person In That Hospital.
f. Being A Relative, Guardian Or Teacher Of Or Person In A
Position Of Trust Or Authority Towards The Person
Commits Rape On That Person.
g. Commits Rape During Communal Or Sectarian Violence
h. Commit Rape On A Pregnant Women
i. Commit sexual assault on a person of under 18 years of
age.
j. Commit sexual assault where person assaulted is
incapable of giving consent.
k. Being in a position of economic or social dominance
commit sexual assault on a person under such
dominance.
l. Commit Sexual Assault On A Person Suffering From
Mental Or Physical Disability.
m. While Committing Sexual Assault Causes Grievous
Body Injury Or Disfigures Or Endangers The Life of a
person.
n. Commits Persistent Sexual Assault.
➢ Will be punished for 10 years imprisonment which may
extend to life imprisonment and also be liable for fine.
376-2
P2 A J H T S P 18 C D2 G P
 Poor Patients @
 A J Hospital
 Trust
 Scientific
 Practices
 since 18 years
 happening at Casualty & Dentistry Department
 run by General Practitioners
Sec-376 (3)
Whoever commits rape on a girl under 16 years of
age shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment
for a term not less than twenty years, which may
extend to imprisonment for life, which means
imprisonment for that persons natural life and shall
be liable to pay a fine.
Sec 376 (A)
Punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent
vegetative state of victim.
 Whoever commits an offence punishable under section
(1) or sub-section (2) of section 376 and in the course of
such commission inflicts an injury causes death or cause
the person in persistently vegetative state.
Imprisonment for not less than 20 years extend up to
life imprisonment, means imprisonment for the
remainder of that persons natural life / with death.
376 AB
Whoever commits rape on a girl under 12 years of age
shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a
term not less than twenty years, which may extend to
imprisonment for life, which means imprisonment for
that persons natural life and shall be liable to pay a
fine or with death .
Sec 376 (B)
 Sexual intercourse by husband upon his wife During
Separation- Marital Rape
 Whoever commits sexual assault on his own wife, who
is living separately under a decree of separation, without
her consent.
• Punishment:
Imprisonment for not less than 2 years,but may extend
up to 7 years & fine.
Sec 376 (C)
 Sexual intercourse by a Person in authority
a) A person being in a position of authority or in a
fiduciary relationship.
b) A public servant
c) Superintendent or a manager of a jail, remand home or
other place of custody or a women’s or children
institution.
d) A person being a management of the hospital or the
staff of hospital.
 Punishment: Imprisonment for 5 years may extend up to 10
years & fine.
Sec 376 (D)
GANG RAPE
Where a woman is raped by one or more persons
constituting a group or acting in furtherance of a common
intention, each of those persons shall be deemed to have
committed the offence of rape.
Punishment*:
Rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not
be less than twenty years, but which may extend to life
imprisonment and with fine.
Sec 376 DA
Where a girl under 16 years is raped by one or more
person constituting a group or acting in furtherance of
a common intention, plus *
Sec 376 DB
Where a girl under 12 years is raped by one or more
person constituting a group or acting in furtherance of
a common intention, plus *
Sec 376 (E)
 Punishment for repeat offenders
 Whoever has been previously convicted of an offence
punishable under section 376 or section 376 (A) or
section 376(D) and is subsequently convicted of an
offence punishable under any of the said sections.
Shall be punished with imprisonment for life,
imprisonment for reminder of that persons natural life or
with death.
STATUTORY
RAPE:
CUSTODIAL
RAPE:
DATE RAPE:
 STATUTORY RAPE:
Sexual intercourse with female with or without consent
and the age of the child being below 18 years
It amounts to rape and is punished under S 376-IPC
 CUSTODIAL RAPE:
Rape by a public servant /Police/others who uses his power or
authority to force or seduce a woman in his custody to have
sexual intercourse
 DATE RAPE:
Woman is given a drink containing drug like Robypnol/ GHB/
ketamine and she is violated in a drugged state
Procedure for examination of
Rape Victim
1. To search for physical signs (injuries).
2. To search, collect and preserve all
physical (trace) evidence.
3. To treat the victim.
 Step 1: GENERAL PROCEDURE
(Preliminaries)
 Step 2: STATEMENT BY VICTIM
(History)
 Step 3: EXAMINATION PROPER
 Step 4: SPECIAL LOCAL EXAMINATION.
Step 1: Preliminaries
 General Procedure:
1. Requisition:
 From Police or Magistrate or
 Victim can go directly to the doctor and later
inform police.
2. Written witnessed Consent:
a) GPE
b) Take photographs
c) To collect trace evidences
d) To release information to the police
 General Procedure...
3. Identification by police.
4. Examination of the victim should be done without
delay, preferably by a female RMP & a male RMP can
examine ,only if a female RMP not available and in
presence of a female witness .
5. Name of victim, age, marital status & address.
6. Identification marks.
7. Date / Time / Place
of examination
Step 2 : History
➢ Statements By Victim:
a) Date / Time / Place of incidence.
b) Location – Indoor / Outdoor.
c) Number of assailants.
d) Alcohol / Drugs.
e) Use of weapons.
f) Struggle / Resistance.
g) Injuries by assailant
h) Relative position.
i) Type of act / Number of act.
j) Use of condoms / lubricants .
k) Use of sanitary pad.
l) Ejaculation occurred ,during the act /outside
m) Bleeding occurred.
n) Call for help.
o) Did she loose Conscious..?
p) Did she take bath /defecated /urinated after incidence?
q) Did she change or wash clothes after incidence..?
r) Note her height / weight.
s) General development of victim.
t) Gait
u) Always examine the victim in presence of any third
party, especially female.
Step 3: Examination proper
Each item of Clothing has to be removed by the patient
in presence of a RMP
1. Clothes: Look for-
 Hairs , Fibre
 Blood stains ,Semen
 Tears, Loss of buttons
 Grass , Mud
2. General Examination:
➢ Undressed & Examined under UV lamp
➢ Violence/struggle marks over-
➢ Fingernail scrapping
 Mouth / Throat
 Wrist/Arm
 Inner side of thigh
 Knee
 Shoulder and
buttocks
 Breast-Love bites ,
bite marks
 Lips
3. Hair:
 Pubic hair combed out-Non matching & foreign hairs
 Living victim – 15 to 20 hairs cut, Dead victim – Pulled off
 Hair samples from 6 different parts of head and pubic region.
4. Seminal stains:
➢Matted pubic hair to be collected as close to the skin
➢Swabs:
 Introitus and perineum (before hymen examination)
 Low vaginal swab (after hymen examination)
 High vaginal swabs (speculum under direct vision)
➢Cervical Mucus: If offence is committed more than 48 hours
 Smears – dry on slides, fix by heat and label
❖Vagina – glass rod, cotton swab, spatula
❖Posterior fornix – contents aspirated
 Swab- with NS – spermatozoa presence and motility
 Swab – air dried – clean dry test tube – acid phosphatase.
➢Dried seminal stains: Scraped with blunt knife ,sealed and
sent to Chemical Examiners Lab
➢Presence of spermatozoa in Vaginal secretions is a positive
sign of Sexual intercourse
Seminal stains…
5. Blood stains
➢ Determine source.
➢ Profuse bleed from Vagina– wash out the contents
6. Veneral diseases
➢ Discharges due to gonorrhea / inflammation / syphilis
➢ Cleanliness degree-Redness from chronic inflammation or
irritation must be differentiated from the effect of recent
injury
➢ Other STDs
Step 4: Local Examination.
Great variation of external genitalia based on age sexual
maturation body size/shape and other factors depending on
the case
1. Genitals:
 Examination should be conducted in good lighting.
 Areas of pain and tenderness should carefully noted.
 Laxity of vaginal intercourse.
 Elongation of posterior fornix of vagina
2. Seminal stains:
Over pubic hairs and other parts of the body.
3. Hymen: look for tears, bleeding;
 In Virgin: ruptured hymen has ragged tears with lack
of epithelial healing. Oedema and haemorrhage is seen
 In Deflorate women : Hymen is destroyed and small
tags of tissue is seen Caruncle Mytriformis
Hymen…
 In Child :Usually found intact but may be partially wholly
destroyed or may show bruising and lacerations
 In Prepubertal :Tear of hymen posteriorly at 3-9 o’clock
positions associated with bruising lacerations of posterior
fourchette
 In Post Pubertal: Oestrogenised hymen is elastic and
penetration can occur without leaving lacerations,
depending on the disproportion of penis and vagina but
also on the amount of force
4. Vagina:
 Bleeding
 Vaginal swabs: High & Low
 Living sperms
 Motility of sperms
 Acid Phosphatase Test.
 Seminal Soiling – Fluorescence test and U.V. Light test.
 Dried seminal stains – Scraped with blunt knife &
examined.
 Cotton swab - Moisture with saline/air dried and place in
separate containers.
:
Corroborative signs of rape
1. Seminal fluid
2. Vaginal Discharge
3. Struggle
Specimens to be
collected from
victim
The objective of collecting specimens are :
1. Confirmation of crime or allegation.
2. Link between victim & crime scene.
3. Link between victim & assailant
Specimens to be collected from victim
 Head hair
 Pubic hair
 Loose hair
 Finger nails
scrapping
 Matted pubic hairs
 Urine
 Saliva
 Blood – preserved in
NaF/Potassium
oxalate to test for
Drugs/Alcohol/VDRL
.
 Swabs
 Condoms
 Sanitary towels.
COMPLICATIONS OF RAPE
Death may occur from:
 Shock due to fright & emotion / blunt force injury
 Hemorrhage from injuries to genitals
 Suffocation / Strangulation
 Mental derangements ,convulsions
 Psychological trauma
 Disrupts victims physical social & sexual life
Rape trauma syndrome
 Post traumatic stress disorder
 Behavioral somatic & psychological reactions that occur
as a result of forcible rape ?attempted rape
Characterized by :
 Immediate / acute – disorganization phase
( emotional reactions,tensions, guilt & humiliation)
 A long term /reorganization-
(readjusting her life as far as possible )
Examination of an Accused
Examination of Accused
 General procedures:
 If possible accused should be examined with the
same doctor who has examined the victim, for
better correlation between the injuries found on
the victim.
 The procedure of examination of the accused is
same as that of victim, except a female attender is
not necessary
General examination:
1. Age and general development of genital organs
2. Mental state
3. Behaviour
4. Consumption of Alcohol/Drugs
5. Clothes – Tears/hairs/Cosmetics/Mud/Seminal stains
6. Nail scrapping
7. Inners wears/Pants/Zip
8. Marks of struggle
9. Female hair
10. Matted pubic hair.
Specific examination:
 Scratches / Bruises
 Abrasion on glans penis
 Tear of fraenum
 Blood stains on penis/scrotum
 Presence of smegma
 Used condom
 DNA profiling
Smegma:
• Cheesy secretion of sebaceous gland, consisting mainly of
desquamated epithelial cells, smegma bacilli that are
chiefly found beneath the prepuce
• If penis is not circumcise, foreskin may be retracted and
Smegma can be noted on corona glandis,suggesting
absence of sexual intercourse, since this secretion gets
rubbed off during sexual act .
• Smegma usually requires
about 24hrs to collect.
Identification of alleged accused
• Evidence of vaginal epithelial cells on penis
• Fragments of skin or hair under nails of assailant
transferred from the victim
• Signs of injury – Scratches bite marks on hands arms
face
• The seminal extract from victims vagina is compared
with semen of the assailant by grouping the samples –
Acid phosphatase and similar percentage of
spermatozoa in two samples – indicates common origin
• DNA profiling of the samples – valuable tool
• INCEST
 Sexual intercourse between people who are legally
prohibited from marring because of close blood
relationship.
 A personality disorder
Daughter, granddaughter, sister, stepsister, aunt or mother.
 Sex between Son & mother - Oedipus complex
 Sex between Father & daughter – Electra complex
 Sex between Brother & Sister – Pharaoh complex
It is not a cognisable offence ,but when a complaint is
lodged .the case is charged under Sec 376 IPC
➢Reasons of Incest:
1. Mentally defective persons who unable to understand
the prohibitions.
2. Alcoholism
3. Cerebral diseases
4. Between brothers & sisters who separated at birth.
5. Intimacy
• ADULTERY / S-497 IPC
 Until recently adultery was a criminal offence
 In Sept 2018,a bench of SC unanimously struck down
S-497,decriminalizing adultery.
 In their verdict ,5 judge bench said that the 158 year old law
was unconditional and violated the articles
14 - Right to equality,
15 - Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of race caste sex
or place of birth ,
21- Right to life and personal liberty ,of the constitution.
MEDICOLEGAL ASPECTS OF ADULTERY:
 Through decriminalized ,Adultery ,if proven is still valid
in Civil Cases as grounds for divorce and nullification of
marriage
02.Unnatural Sexual
offences
SODOMY
BESTIALITY
TRIBADISM
BUCCAL COITUS
On 6Th Sept 2018,
• SC considers the 150yrs old ban on
consensual homosexuality to be irrational
arbitrary and incomprehensible and fetters
the right to equality of Lesbian, Bisexual ,
Gay and Transsexual (LBGT) community
• Homosexuality is not a mental problem
• The LBGT community has the same rights
as any other members of society
Unnatural Sexual offences
 Sexual intercourse against the order of nature with any
man/woman/animal.
 Punishable U/S 377 I.P.C. – Life imprisonment/ 10 years
imprisonment and fine.
SODOMY / BUGGERY/ SIN OF SODOM
 It is the anal intercourse between two males
(Homosexual)or between a male and
female(Heterosexual).
 It is used to practice in town called Sodom.
 Finally in Sept 2018 SC passed a judgement
decriminalising consensual sex between two adults of
same sex but if anal sex committed by man with
a women ,it will fall under ambit of section 375
 The act of Sodomy cannot be accomplished without the
consent of the victim unless the victim is a child /
unconscious / intoxicated or physically incapable of resisting
 Gerontophilia – Adult is passive agent.
 Paederasty – Child is passive agent.
 Pedophile – Adult repeatedly engage in sexual activity with
a children below the age of puberty.
 Eunuchs – Passive agents in sodomy.
 Note:
 With consent – its legal
 Without consent – Only active partner will be punished.
Examination of Passive Agent
 Requisition
 Consent
 History
 Date/Time/Place of incident.
 Position/Struggle/Any lubricant used
 Degree of penetration
 Ejaculation – Yes/No
 Pain – Yes/No
 Bleeding – Yes/No
 Defecation – Yes/No
 Taking bath after incident – Yes/No
 Change any clothes after the incident – Yes/No
 Local Examination:
1. Anal muscle – dilated, irritable and tender to touch.
2. Digital examination shows loss of elasticity & tone.
3. Haematoma of anal margins.
4. Triangular bruised tear – posterior part
5. Lesions more marked in children.
6. Swabs recovered from anus –
Lubricant/Blood/Hairs/Semen/Veneral disease is
strong evidence of crime.
7. Signs of struggle.
8. Finger nails scrapping.
Diagnostic of sodomy:
 Semen
 Faeces
 Lubricant
 Pubic hair
(Combination of all 4 are diagnostic of sodomy.)
Examination of Active Agent
1. Peculiar smell of anal glands, faecal matter & lubricant on
penis.
2. Abrasion of Prepuce/Glans penis.
3. Tear of fraenulum.
4. Faecal soiling, blood & foreign hairs found around coronal
sulcus.
5. Blood/Seminal stains.
6. Presence of venereal disease.
7. Marks of violence.
8. Clothes – Seminal stains/mixture of semen & faeces.
9. Twisted urethra & elongated and constricted penis at a
distance from glans in habitual sodomists.
Bestiality:
 Sexual intercourse by a human being with a lower animal
like sheep, dogs, etc.
 Result of sex starvation /mental aberration
 Done by persons employed to take care of animals
 A male accused may have his penis stained with his
semen along with animal dung
 Animal hair sticking to penis
 Human semen may be found in vagina / anus of animal
 Punishable under 377 IPC
 Heterosexual or homosexual practice, but if the victim is a
female its punished under 375 IPC
 ‘FELLATIO’- Sucking of a male organ by a Male/Female
 “CUNNILINGUS”- oral stimulation of female genetalia
Injuries:
 Rarely, erythema petechiae bite marks abrasions seen on penis
 Death could be due to aspiration of semen or impaction of penis
in hypopharynx
 Diagnosis is by finding semen in respiratory tract / stomach of
victim
Buccal Coitus / Sin of Gomorrah
Tribadism/Lesbianism
• Female homosexuality
• It is sexual gratification of a woman obtained by another
woman by simple lip kissing, deep kissing, generalized
body contact, manual manipulation of breast and
genitalia, genital appositions, friction of external genital
organs, sucking of breast or external genital organs, etc.
• Lesbianism is an offence,if practised without consent ,if
the act involves a child or if practiced in a way that
becomes a public nuisance .
03. Sexual
Perversions
 Sexual perversions / deviations are persistently
indulged sexual acts or fantasies in which complete
satisfaction is sought and obtained without sexual
intercourse.
 These are acts which are socially prohibited or
unacceptable or biologically undesirable
 Sadism
 Masochism
 Necrophilia
 Fetichism
 Transvestism
 Exhibitionism
 Masturbation
 Frotteurism
 Undinism
 Voyeurism
SADISM:
•Sexual gratification obtained / increased from acts of
physical cruelty or infliction of pain upon one's partner.
•Commonly in men.
•To obtain sexual gratification the sadist may bite, beat, whip,
produce cuts, cigarette burns, etc., or ill-treat or torture his
sexual partner
LUST MURDER:
•Extreme sadist !
•Homicide killing in which offender gets erotic satisfaction
•Followed by erection & Ejaculation
•Manifested by :
Murder – During sexual intercourse followed by gratification
Mutilation – Cutting / Stabbing of Breast & Genitals
VOYEURISM/ SCOPTOPHILIA/ PEEPING TOM:
•Perversions- sexual gratification is obtained by means other
than intercourse
•watching private parts of opp sex / Capturing sexual
intercourse without their knowledge
•Mostly in males
•S 354 IPC is punished –
•Simple / Rigorous imprisonment extending from 1 to 3
years + Fine
•On subsequent conviction : Min 3 years max up to 7 years +
Fine
MASOCHISM (PASSIVE ALGOLAGNIA)
•Opposite of sadism.
•Sexual gratification is obtained or increased by the suffering
of pain.
•Gets pleasure from being beaten, abused, tortured.
humiliated, enslaved, degraded or dominated by their sexual
partner.
•Seen in males and females, who may willingly expose
themselves to the risks of severe bodily injury or get
murdered at the hands of their brutal husbands or lovers.
•Sadism and masochism are usually found in combination,
which is called bondage.
FETICHISM:
•Sexual disorder in which sexual urges and fantasies
persistently involve the use of non-living objects by
themselves or at times with a sexual partner .
•Seen in males
•Common fetish objects are feet ,shoes ,brassiere
,undergarments and articles of female apparel.
•These perverts may masturbate on these articles.
NECROPHAGIA:
This is extreme degree of sadism in which the person after
mutilating the body, sucks or licks the wounds, bites the
skin, drinks the blood and eats the flesh of his victim to
derive sexual pleasure.
TRANSVESTISM OR EONISM:
•A deviant practice of wearing the clothing of opposite sex for
emotional or sexual expression
•The transvestite gains emotional
satisfaction from dressing in the
clothing of opposite sex
• It is found in both sexes,
but more common in males
TROILISM
• It is a deviant behavior of getting sexual pleasure by a
male by watching his wife or another female engaged
in sexual intercourse with another man.
•He may engage in masturbation while observing the
act
BOBBIT SYNDROME:
• This is a type of perversion in which the female partner
amputate- the penis of her male partner with a sharp-cutting
weapon.
UNDINISM:
•Sexual pleasure obtained by witnessing the act of urination
by someone of the same or opposite sex.
• In some cases, pleasure is obtained by being urinated upon
by loved one or in urinating on him or her.
SEXUAL ORALISM:
•Sexual pleasure obtained from the application of the mouth to
the sexual organs. It is seen both in heterosexuals and
homosexuals.
• Anilingus / Rimming - is the kissing. licking and sucking of
the anus by a sexual partner.
•Cunnilingus (mouth job) is the kissing, licking and sucking
of a female's genitals by her partner.
•Fellatio (irrumination; blow job) is the stimulation of the
penis by the partner's mouth..
FROTTEURISM:
•The practice of rubbing his private parts against another
person.
•Pervert male ,in a crowed public transport and other
places, associated with funding the breasts and other
body parts of the female.
•They may even ejaculate on the clothing or body of a
women
•Punished under S 290,IPC
URANISM:
• It is a general term for sexual perversion which
includes sexual gratification by fingering, fondling,
licking and sucking of the genitalia of opposite sex
S-354 - INDECENT
ASSAULT
 Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage
her modesty not necessarily aimed at sexual intercourse/
gratification.
 Imprisonment of one year, which may extend to 5 years and
fine
 Outrage means gross violation of decency, morality or
feelings.
S. 354-A, I.P.C:
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
 Physical contact and advances involving sexual
overtures, a demand or request for sexual flavors,
making sexually colored remarks, showing
pornography
 Punished for imprisonment of 1 to 5 years or with
fine or both.
S. 354-B, I.P.C:
 Assault or use of criminal force to woman or
compelling her to be naked with intent to disrobe
Imprisonment of not less than 3 years, may extend to 7
years and fine.
S. 354-C, I.P.C: VOYEURISM:
 Imprisonment of not less than 1 year; may extend to
3 years and fine; for second and subsequent offences
imprisonment of 3-7 years.
S. 354D, I.P.C
STALKING
 Whoever follows a woman and contacts or attempts
to contact such woman to foster personal interaction
repeatedly, despite a clear indication of disinterest
by such woman, or monitors the use by a woman of
the internet, e-mail or any other form of electronic
communication.
Punished with imprisonment up to 3 years and fine
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Sexual Offences

  • 1. SEXUAL OFFENCES Dr Arun Pinchu Xavier Assistant Professor Dept: Of Forensic Medicine Sree Mookambika Institute Of Medical Sciences
  • 2. SEXUAL OFFENCES CLASSIFICATION :  Natural  Unnatural  Sexual Perversions  Other sex linked offences
  • 4. 02.Unnatural Offences  SODOMY  BESTIALITY  TRIBADISM  BUCCAL COITUS
  • 5. 03.Sexual Perversions  Sadism  Masochism (Passive algolangia)  Necrophilia  Fetichism  Transvestism  Exhibitionism  Masturbation  Frotteurism  Undinism  Voyeurism
  • 6. 04.Sex- linked offences  SEXUAL HARASSMENT  STALKING  TRAFFICKING  INDECENT ASSAULT
  • 7. Rape ➢ Latin word , Section 375 I.P.C ➢ ‘Rapio’- means ‘To Seize’ (Forcible Seizure). • RAPE A Latin word , S - 375 IPC
  • 8. ➢A man is said to commit "RAPE" if he – P I M S a) Penetrates his penis, to any extent, into the vagina, mouth, urethra or anus of a woman or makes her to do so with him or any other person; or b) Inserts, to any extent, any object or a part of the body, not being the penis, into the vagina, the urethra or anus of a woman or makes her to do so with him or any other person; or
  • 9. c) Manipulates any part of the body of a woman so as to cause penetration into the vagina, urethra, anus or any part of body of such woman or makes her to do so with him or any other person; or d) ApplieS his mouth to the vagina, anus, urethra of a woman or makes her to do so with him or any other person,
  • 10. ➢Under the circumstances falling under any of the following 7 descriptions:- 1. Against her will. 2. Without her consent. 3. With her consent, when her consent has been obtained by putting her or any person in whom she is interested, in fear of death or in hurt.
  • 11. 4. With her consent, when man knows that he is not her husband & she gives consent because she believes that he is another man to whom she is lawfully married 4. With her consent when, at the time of giving such consent, by reason of unsoundness of mind or intoxication or the administration by him personally or through another of any stupefying or unwholesome substance, she is unable to understand the nature and consequences of that to which she gives consent.
  • 12. 6. With or without her consent when she is under 18 years of age. 7. When the person is unable to communicate consent.
  • 13. Explanation  Explanation 1 - For the purposes of this section, "vagina" shall also include labia majora.  Explanation 2 - Consent means an unequivocal voluntary agreement when the woman by words, gestures or any form of verbal or non-verbal communication, communicates willingness to participate in the specific sexual act: Provided that a woman who does not physically resist to the act of penetration shall not by the reason only of that fact, be regarded as consenting to the sexual activity.
  • 14. Exceptions…  Exception 1 A medical procedure or intervention shall not constitute rape.  Exception 2 Sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under fifteen years of age, is not rape.
  • 15. Punished under - 376 IPC 376 - 1 , 2 , 3 A AB B C D DA DB E
  • 16. Sec 376 I.P.C  Deals With Punishment For Rape. 376 (1) 1. Whoever, except in the cases provided for by sub- section (2).  Imprisonment for term not less than 7 years, but it may be extend up to life imprisonment and also fine
  • 17. Sec-376 (2) a) When POLICE OFFICER commits rape within the limits of his:  Jurisdiction  Custody  Premises of any station.
  • 18. b) Rape By Public Servant With The Woman In His Custody. c) Rape By Person Of Member Of Armed Forces In The Area By Virtue Of Development By Central Or State Government. d) Rape By Person Of Management Or Other Place Staff Of A Jail Or Remand Home On Inmate Of Such Jail Or Remand Home Or Place Or Institution.
  • 19. e. Person Of Management Or On The Staff Of A Hospital Committing Rape On A Person In That Hospital. f. Being A Relative, Guardian Or Teacher Of Or Person In A Position Of Trust Or Authority Towards The Person Commits Rape On That Person. g. Commits Rape During Communal Or Sectarian Violence h. Commit Rape On A Pregnant Women
  • 20. i. Commit sexual assault on a person of under 18 years of age. j. Commit sexual assault where person assaulted is incapable of giving consent. k. Being in a position of economic or social dominance commit sexual assault on a person under such dominance.
  • 21. l. Commit Sexual Assault On A Person Suffering From Mental Or Physical Disability. m. While Committing Sexual Assault Causes Grievous Body Injury Or Disfigures Or Endangers The Life of a person. n. Commits Persistent Sexual Assault. ➢ Will be punished for 10 years imprisonment which may extend to life imprisonment and also be liable for fine.
  • 22. 376-2 P2 A J H T S P 18 C D2 G P  Poor Patients @  A J Hospital  Trust  Scientific  Practices  since 18 years  happening at Casualty & Dentistry Department  run by General Practitioners
  • 23. Sec-376 (3) Whoever commits rape on a girl under 16 years of age shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term not less than twenty years, which may extend to imprisonment for life, which means imprisonment for that persons natural life and shall be liable to pay a fine.
  • 24. Sec 376 (A) Punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim.  Whoever commits an offence punishable under section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 376 and in the course of such commission inflicts an injury causes death or cause the person in persistently vegetative state. Imprisonment for not less than 20 years extend up to life imprisonment, means imprisonment for the remainder of that persons natural life / with death.
  • 25. 376 AB Whoever commits rape on a girl under 12 years of age shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term not less than twenty years, which may extend to imprisonment for life, which means imprisonment for that persons natural life and shall be liable to pay a fine or with death .
  • 26. Sec 376 (B)  Sexual intercourse by husband upon his wife During Separation- Marital Rape  Whoever commits sexual assault on his own wife, who is living separately under a decree of separation, without her consent. • Punishment: Imprisonment for not less than 2 years,but may extend up to 7 years & fine.
  • 27. Sec 376 (C)  Sexual intercourse by a Person in authority a) A person being in a position of authority or in a fiduciary relationship. b) A public servant c) Superintendent or a manager of a jail, remand home or other place of custody or a women’s or children institution. d) A person being a management of the hospital or the staff of hospital.  Punishment: Imprisonment for 5 years may extend up to 10 years & fine.
  • 28. Sec 376 (D) GANG RAPE Where a woman is raped by one or more persons constituting a group or acting in furtherance of a common intention, each of those persons shall be deemed to have committed the offence of rape. Punishment*: Rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than twenty years, but which may extend to life imprisonment and with fine.
  • 29. Sec 376 DA Where a girl under 16 years is raped by one or more person constituting a group or acting in furtherance of a common intention, plus * Sec 376 DB Where a girl under 12 years is raped by one or more person constituting a group or acting in furtherance of a common intention, plus *
  • 30. Sec 376 (E)  Punishment for repeat offenders  Whoever has been previously convicted of an offence punishable under section 376 or section 376 (A) or section 376(D) and is subsequently convicted of an offence punishable under any of the said sections. Shall be punished with imprisonment for life, imprisonment for reminder of that persons natural life or with death.
  • 32.  STATUTORY RAPE: Sexual intercourse with female with or without consent and the age of the child being below 18 years It amounts to rape and is punished under S 376-IPC  CUSTODIAL RAPE: Rape by a public servant /Police/others who uses his power or authority to force or seduce a woman in his custody to have sexual intercourse  DATE RAPE: Woman is given a drink containing drug like Robypnol/ GHB/ ketamine and she is violated in a drugged state
  • 33. Procedure for examination of Rape Victim 1. To search for physical signs (injuries). 2. To search, collect and preserve all physical (trace) evidence. 3. To treat the victim.
  • 34.  Step 1: GENERAL PROCEDURE (Preliminaries)  Step 2: STATEMENT BY VICTIM (History)  Step 3: EXAMINATION PROPER  Step 4: SPECIAL LOCAL EXAMINATION.
  • 35. Step 1: Preliminaries  General Procedure: 1. Requisition:  From Police or Magistrate or  Victim can go directly to the doctor and later inform police. 2. Written witnessed Consent: a) GPE b) Take photographs c) To collect trace evidences d) To release information to the police
  • 36.  General Procedure... 3. Identification by police. 4. Examination of the victim should be done without delay, preferably by a female RMP & a male RMP can examine ,only if a female RMP not available and in presence of a female witness . 5. Name of victim, age, marital status & address. 6. Identification marks. 7. Date / Time / Place of examination
  • 37. Step 2 : History ➢ Statements By Victim: a) Date / Time / Place of incidence. b) Location – Indoor / Outdoor. c) Number of assailants. d) Alcohol / Drugs. e) Use of weapons. f) Struggle / Resistance. g) Injuries by assailant h) Relative position. i) Type of act / Number of act. j) Use of condoms / lubricants .
  • 38. k) Use of sanitary pad. l) Ejaculation occurred ,during the act /outside m) Bleeding occurred. n) Call for help. o) Did she loose Conscious..? p) Did she take bath /defecated /urinated after incidence? q) Did she change or wash clothes after incidence..? r) Note her height / weight. s) General development of victim. t) Gait u) Always examine the victim in presence of any third party, especially female.
  • 39. Step 3: Examination proper Each item of Clothing has to be removed by the patient in presence of a RMP 1. Clothes: Look for-  Hairs , Fibre  Blood stains ,Semen  Tears, Loss of buttons  Grass , Mud
  • 40. 2. General Examination: ➢ Undressed & Examined under UV lamp ➢ Violence/struggle marks over- ➢ Fingernail scrapping  Mouth / Throat  Wrist/Arm  Inner side of thigh  Knee  Shoulder and buttocks  Breast-Love bites , bite marks  Lips
  • 41. 3. Hair:  Pubic hair combed out-Non matching & foreign hairs  Living victim – 15 to 20 hairs cut, Dead victim – Pulled off  Hair samples from 6 different parts of head and pubic region. 4. Seminal stains: ➢Matted pubic hair to be collected as close to the skin ➢Swabs:  Introitus and perineum (before hymen examination)  Low vaginal swab (after hymen examination)  High vaginal swabs (speculum under direct vision)
  • 42. ➢Cervical Mucus: If offence is committed more than 48 hours  Smears – dry on slides, fix by heat and label ❖Vagina – glass rod, cotton swab, spatula ❖Posterior fornix – contents aspirated  Swab- with NS – spermatozoa presence and motility  Swab – air dried – clean dry test tube – acid phosphatase. ➢Dried seminal stains: Scraped with blunt knife ,sealed and sent to Chemical Examiners Lab ➢Presence of spermatozoa in Vaginal secretions is a positive sign of Sexual intercourse Seminal stains…
  • 43. 5. Blood stains ➢ Determine source. ➢ Profuse bleed from Vagina– wash out the contents 6. Veneral diseases ➢ Discharges due to gonorrhea / inflammation / syphilis ➢ Cleanliness degree-Redness from chronic inflammation or irritation must be differentiated from the effect of recent injury ➢ Other STDs
  • 44. Step 4: Local Examination. Great variation of external genitalia based on age sexual maturation body size/shape and other factors depending on the case 1. Genitals:  Examination should be conducted in good lighting.  Areas of pain and tenderness should carefully noted.  Laxity of vaginal intercourse.  Elongation of posterior fornix of vagina
  • 45. 2. Seminal stains: Over pubic hairs and other parts of the body. 3. Hymen: look for tears, bleeding;  In Virgin: ruptured hymen has ragged tears with lack of epithelial healing. Oedema and haemorrhage is seen  In Deflorate women : Hymen is destroyed and small tags of tissue is seen Caruncle Mytriformis
  • 46. Hymen…  In Child :Usually found intact but may be partially wholly destroyed or may show bruising and lacerations  In Prepubertal :Tear of hymen posteriorly at 3-9 o’clock positions associated with bruising lacerations of posterior fourchette  In Post Pubertal: Oestrogenised hymen is elastic and penetration can occur without leaving lacerations, depending on the disproportion of penis and vagina but also on the amount of force
  • 47. 4. Vagina:  Bleeding  Vaginal swabs: High & Low  Living sperms  Motility of sperms  Acid Phosphatase Test.  Seminal Soiling – Fluorescence test and U.V. Light test.  Dried seminal stains – Scraped with blunt knife & examined.  Cotton swab - Moisture with saline/air dried and place in separate containers.
  • 48. : Corroborative signs of rape 1. Seminal fluid 2. Vaginal Discharge 3. Struggle
  • 50. The objective of collecting specimens are : 1. Confirmation of crime or allegation. 2. Link between victim & crime scene. 3. Link between victim & assailant
  • 51. Specimens to be collected from victim  Head hair  Pubic hair  Loose hair  Finger nails scrapping  Matted pubic hairs  Urine  Saliva  Blood – preserved in NaF/Potassium oxalate to test for Drugs/Alcohol/VDRL .  Swabs  Condoms  Sanitary towels.
  • 52. COMPLICATIONS OF RAPE Death may occur from:  Shock due to fright & emotion / blunt force injury  Hemorrhage from injuries to genitals  Suffocation / Strangulation  Mental derangements ,convulsions  Psychological trauma  Disrupts victims physical social & sexual life
  • 53. Rape trauma syndrome  Post traumatic stress disorder  Behavioral somatic & psychological reactions that occur as a result of forcible rape ?attempted rape Characterized by :  Immediate / acute – disorganization phase ( emotional reactions,tensions, guilt & humiliation)  A long term /reorganization- (readjusting her life as far as possible )
  • 54. Examination of an Accused
  • 55. Examination of Accused  General procedures:  If possible accused should be examined with the same doctor who has examined the victim, for better correlation between the injuries found on the victim.  The procedure of examination of the accused is same as that of victim, except a female attender is not necessary
  • 56. General examination: 1. Age and general development of genital organs 2. Mental state 3. Behaviour 4. Consumption of Alcohol/Drugs 5. Clothes – Tears/hairs/Cosmetics/Mud/Seminal stains 6. Nail scrapping 7. Inners wears/Pants/Zip 8. Marks of struggle 9. Female hair 10. Matted pubic hair.
  • 57. Specific examination:  Scratches / Bruises  Abrasion on glans penis  Tear of fraenum  Blood stains on penis/scrotum  Presence of smegma  Used condom  DNA profiling
  • 58. Smegma: • Cheesy secretion of sebaceous gland, consisting mainly of desquamated epithelial cells, smegma bacilli that are chiefly found beneath the prepuce • If penis is not circumcise, foreskin may be retracted and Smegma can be noted on corona glandis,suggesting absence of sexual intercourse, since this secretion gets rubbed off during sexual act . • Smegma usually requires about 24hrs to collect.
  • 59. Identification of alleged accused • Evidence of vaginal epithelial cells on penis • Fragments of skin or hair under nails of assailant transferred from the victim • Signs of injury – Scratches bite marks on hands arms face • The seminal extract from victims vagina is compared with semen of the assailant by grouping the samples – Acid phosphatase and similar percentage of spermatozoa in two samples – indicates common origin • DNA profiling of the samples – valuable tool
  • 61.  Sexual intercourse between people who are legally prohibited from marring because of close blood relationship.  A personality disorder Daughter, granddaughter, sister, stepsister, aunt or mother.  Sex between Son & mother - Oedipus complex  Sex between Father & daughter – Electra complex  Sex between Brother & Sister – Pharaoh complex It is not a cognisable offence ,but when a complaint is lodged .the case is charged under Sec 376 IPC
  • 62. ➢Reasons of Incest: 1. Mentally defective persons who unable to understand the prohibitions. 2. Alcoholism 3. Cerebral diseases 4. Between brothers & sisters who separated at birth. 5. Intimacy
  • 63. • ADULTERY / S-497 IPC  Until recently adultery was a criminal offence  In Sept 2018,a bench of SC unanimously struck down S-497,decriminalizing adultery.  In their verdict ,5 judge bench said that the 158 year old law was unconditional and violated the articles 14 - Right to equality, 15 - Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of race caste sex or place of birth , 21- Right to life and personal liberty ,of the constitution.
  • 64. MEDICOLEGAL ASPECTS OF ADULTERY:  Through decriminalized ,Adultery ,if proven is still valid in Civil Cases as grounds for divorce and nullification of marriage
  • 66. On 6Th Sept 2018, • SC considers the 150yrs old ban on consensual homosexuality to be irrational arbitrary and incomprehensible and fetters the right to equality of Lesbian, Bisexual , Gay and Transsexual (LBGT) community • Homosexuality is not a mental problem • The LBGT community has the same rights as any other members of society
  • 67. Unnatural Sexual offences  Sexual intercourse against the order of nature with any man/woman/animal.  Punishable U/S 377 I.P.C. – Life imprisonment/ 10 years imprisonment and fine.
  • 68. SODOMY / BUGGERY/ SIN OF SODOM  It is the anal intercourse between two males (Homosexual)or between a male and female(Heterosexual).  It is used to practice in town called Sodom.  Finally in Sept 2018 SC passed a judgement decriminalising consensual sex between two adults of same sex but if anal sex committed by man with a women ,it will fall under ambit of section 375
  • 69.  The act of Sodomy cannot be accomplished without the consent of the victim unless the victim is a child / unconscious / intoxicated or physically incapable of resisting  Gerontophilia – Adult is passive agent.  Paederasty – Child is passive agent.  Pedophile – Adult repeatedly engage in sexual activity with a children below the age of puberty.  Eunuchs – Passive agents in sodomy.  Note:  With consent – its legal  Without consent – Only active partner will be punished.
  • 70. Examination of Passive Agent  Requisition  Consent  History  Date/Time/Place of incident.  Position/Struggle/Any lubricant used  Degree of penetration  Ejaculation – Yes/No  Pain – Yes/No  Bleeding – Yes/No  Defecation – Yes/No  Taking bath after incident – Yes/No  Change any clothes after the incident – Yes/No
  • 71.  Local Examination: 1. Anal muscle – dilated, irritable and tender to touch. 2. Digital examination shows loss of elasticity & tone. 3. Haematoma of anal margins. 4. Triangular bruised tear – posterior part 5. Lesions more marked in children. 6. Swabs recovered from anus – Lubricant/Blood/Hairs/Semen/Veneral disease is strong evidence of crime. 7. Signs of struggle. 8. Finger nails scrapping.
  • 72. Diagnostic of sodomy:  Semen  Faeces  Lubricant  Pubic hair (Combination of all 4 are diagnostic of sodomy.)
  • 73. Examination of Active Agent 1. Peculiar smell of anal glands, faecal matter & lubricant on penis. 2. Abrasion of Prepuce/Glans penis. 3. Tear of fraenulum. 4. Faecal soiling, blood & foreign hairs found around coronal sulcus. 5. Blood/Seminal stains. 6. Presence of venereal disease. 7. Marks of violence. 8. Clothes – Seminal stains/mixture of semen & faeces. 9. Twisted urethra & elongated and constricted penis at a distance from glans in habitual sodomists.
  • 74. Bestiality:  Sexual intercourse by a human being with a lower animal like sheep, dogs, etc.  Result of sex starvation /mental aberration  Done by persons employed to take care of animals  A male accused may have his penis stained with his semen along with animal dung  Animal hair sticking to penis  Human semen may be found in vagina / anus of animal  Punishable under 377 IPC
  • 75.  Heterosexual or homosexual practice, but if the victim is a female its punished under 375 IPC  ‘FELLATIO’- Sucking of a male organ by a Male/Female  “CUNNILINGUS”- oral stimulation of female genetalia Injuries:  Rarely, erythema petechiae bite marks abrasions seen on penis  Death could be due to aspiration of semen or impaction of penis in hypopharynx  Diagnosis is by finding semen in respiratory tract / stomach of victim Buccal Coitus / Sin of Gomorrah
  • 76. Tribadism/Lesbianism • Female homosexuality • It is sexual gratification of a woman obtained by another woman by simple lip kissing, deep kissing, generalized body contact, manual manipulation of breast and genitalia, genital appositions, friction of external genital organs, sucking of breast or external genital organs, etc. • Lesbianism is an offence,if practised without consent ,if the act involves a child or if practiced in a way that becomes a public nuisance .
  • 78.  Sexual perversions / deviations are persistently indulged sexual acts or fantasies in which complete satisfaction is sought and obtained without sexual intercourse.  These are acts which are socially prohibited or unacceptable or biologically undesirable
  • 79.  Sadism  Masochism  Necrophilia  Fetichism  Transvestism  Exhibitionism  Masturbation  Frotteurism  Undinism  Voyeurism
  • 80. SADISM: •Sexual gratification obtained / increased from acts of physical cruelty or infliction of pain upon one's partner. •Commonly in men. •To obtain sexual gratification the sadist may bite, beat, whip, produce cuts, cigarette burns, etc., or ill-treat or torture his sexual partner LUST MURDER: •Extreme sadist ! •Homicide killing in which offender gets erotic satisfaction •Followed by erection & Ejaculation •Manifested by : Murder – During sexual intercourse followed by gratification Mutilation – Cutting / Stabbing of Breast & Genitals
  • 81. VOYEURISM/ SCOPTOPHILIA/ PEEPING TOM: •Perversions- sexual gratification is obtained by means other than intercourse •watching private parts of opp sex / Capturing sexual intercourse without their knowledge •Mostly in males •S 354 IPC is punished – •Simple / Rigorous imprisonment extending from 1 to 3 years + Fine •On subsequent conviction : Min 3 years max up to 7 years + Fine
  • 82. MASOCHISM (PASSIVE ALGOLAGNIA) •Opposite of sadism. •Sexual gratification is obtained or increased by the suffering of pain. •Gets pleasure from being beaten, abused, tortured. humiliated, enslaved, degraded or dominated by their sexual partner. •Seen in males and females, who may willingly expose themselves to the risks of severe bodily injury or get murdered at the hands of their brutal husbands or lovers. •Sadism and masochism are usually found in combination, which is called bondage.
  • 83. FETICHISM: •Sexual disorder in which sexual urges and fantasies persistently involve the use of non-living objects by themselves or at times with a sexual partner . •Seen in males •Common fetish objects are feet ,shoes ,brassiere ,undergarments and articles of female apparel. •These perverts may masturbate on these articles.
  • 84. NECROPHAGIA: This is extreme degree of sadism in which the person after mutilating the body, sucks or licks the wounds, bites the skin, drinks the blood and eats the flesh of his victim to derive sexual pleasure.
  • 85. TRANSVESTISM OR EONISM: •A deviant practice of wearing the clothing of opposite sex for emotional or sexual expression •The transvestite gains emotional satisfaction from dressing in the clothing of opposite sex • It is found in both sexes, but more common in males
  • 86. TROILISM • It is a deviant behavior of getting sexual pleasure by a male by watching his wife or another female engaged in sexual intercourse with another man. •He may engage in masturbation while observing the act
  • 87. BOBBIT SYNDROME: • This is a type of perversion in which the female partner amputate- the penis of her male partner with a sharp-cutting weapon. UNDINISM: •Sexual pleasure obtained by witnessing the act of urination by someone of the same or opposite sex. • In some cases, pleasure is obtained by being urinated upon by loved one or in urinating on him or her.
  • 88. SEXUAL ORALISM: •Sexual pleasure obtained from the application of the mouth to the sexual organs. It is seen both in heterosexuals and homosexuals. • Anilingus / Rimming - is the kissing. licking and sucking of the anus by a sexual partner. •Cunnilingus (mouth job) is the kissing, licking and sucking of a female's genitals by her partner. •Fellatio (irrumination; blow job) is the stimulation of the penis by the partner's mouth..
  • 89. FROTTEURISM: •The practice of rubbing his private parts against another person. •Pervert male ,in a crowed public transport and other places, associated with funding the breasts and other body parts of the female. •They may even ejaculate on the clothing or body of a women •Punished under S 290,IPC
  • 90. URANISM: • It is a general term for sexual perversion which includes sexual gratification by fingering, fondling, licking and sucking of the genitalia of opposite sex
  • 92.  Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty not necessarily aimed at sexual intercourse/ gratification.  Imprisonment of one year, which may extend to 5 years and fine  Outrage means gross violation of decency, morality or feelings.
  • 93. S. 354-A, I.P.C: SEXUAL HARASSMENT  Physical contact and advances involving sexual overtures, a demand or request for sexual flavors, making sexually colored remarks, showing pornography  Punished for imprisonment of 1 to 5 years or with fine or both.
  • 94. S. 354-B, I.P.C:  Assault or use of criminal force to woman or compelling her to be naked with intent to disrobe Imprisonment of not less than 3 years, may extend to 7 years and fine. S. 354-C, I.P.C: VOYEURISM:  Imprisonment of not less than 1 year; may extend to 3 years and fine; for second and subsequent offences imprisonment of 3-7 years.
  • 95. S. 354D, I.P.C STALKING  Whoever follows a woman and contacts or attempts to contact such woman to foster personal interaction repeatedly, despite a clear indication of disinterest by such woman, or monitors the use by a woman of the internet, e-mail or any other form of electronic communication. Punished with imprisonment up to 3 years and fine
  • 97. A Night in Nov 1973 @ KEM Hospital ,Mumbai ARUNA SHANBAUG Sohanlal bhartha walmiki
  • 98. Pinki Virani WARD 4A , KEM HOSPITAL (1948-2015)
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