This section covers word, gesture, act intended to insult modesty of a woman in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
Word, gesture or act intended to insult modesty of a woman.
Whoever, intending to insult the modesty of any woman, utters any words, makes any sound or gesture, or exhibits any object in any form, intending that such word or sound shall be heard, or that such gesture or object shall be seen, by such woman, or intrudes upon the privacy of such woman, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, and also with fine.
What was the old IPC code for Section 79 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, word, gesture, act intended to insult modesty of a woman was covered in S. 509.