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Obscene act in private place no offence: Bombay HC

| | Mar 20, 2016, at 05:20 pm
Mumbai, Mar 20 (IBNS): The Bombay High Court has ruled that any obscene act in a private place which causes no annoyance to others will not constitute an offence, media reports said.
The ruling came recently after quashing a complaint against 13 men who were arrested from a private party in a flat at Andheri (west) in Mumbai.
 
A bench comprising of Justice Naresh Patil and Justice A M Badar heard their plea to quash the FIR registered by Amboli police station under Indian Penal Code sections 294 (obscene acts and songs) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention).
 
On December 12 last year, a journalist complained to the local ACP that a private party was going on in a flat where scantily-dressed women were dancing and making obscene gestures at customers.
 
Following the complaint, a team from Amboli and Oshiwara police stations raided the place. 
 
The FIR was registered against the petitioners as well as others.
#Mombay High Court # Obscene act private place # no offence # Mumbai

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