In a ten -year case of harassment on the Nagpur bench Bombay High Court, he noted that the proverb “I love you” is just an expression of feelings and is not a “sexual intention”.
The justice of Urmil Joshi-Phalke of Nagpur Bench said that any sexual act must include inappropriate touch, violent takeover or indecent gestures or notes made with the intention of offending the modesty of a woman.
The court made these observations and gained a 35 -year -old man accused of harassing a teenage girl in 2015.
According to the complaint, the man turned to the then 17 -year -old girl in Nagpur, held her hand and said, “I love you.”
In 2017, in 2017 he was convicted of the relevant sections of the Indian Criminal Code and the protection of children from sexual offenses (POCSO) by the Nagpur Sessions court and sentenced to three years in prison.
The High Court canceled the beliefs and noted that there was no evidence that would indicate that the real intention of a person was to establish sexual contact with the victim.
“Words like” I love you “would not be a sexual intention to think about the legislative choir,” the court said.
There must be something more that would suggest that the real intention that says “I love you” was to introduce a sexual angle, the court added.
According to the prosecution, the man approached the girl as she returned home from school, held her hand, asked her name, and said, “I love you.”
The girl then managed to leave the scene and went home to inform her father, after which she was registered.
The High Court further noted that the case did not fall under the scope of harassment or sexual harassment.
“If someone says he is in love with another person or expresses his feelings, that alone does not mean the intention to indicate sexual intention,” the court said.
(Tagstotranslate) i love you
