No Sex Harassment Charge If Woman Wears ‘Provocative Clothes’: Court

[RENT]

A Kerala court said today that a sexual harassment charge won’t stand if the woman was wearing a ‘sexually provocative dress’. The court said it while granting bail to activist Civic Chandran in a sexual harassment case from 2020.

 

Social activist and author, Civic Chandran is accused of sexually harassing a young writer at a camp in Nandi Beach in February 2020. The bail applicant Chandran produced photos of his accuser and Kozhikode Sessions Court said the woman was wearing ‘sexually provocative dresses’ so the allegation won’t stand.

‘The photographs produced along with the bail application by the accused would reveal that the defacto complainant herself is exposing to dresses which are having some sexual provocative one,’ read the court order. ‘So Section 354A will not prima facie stand against the accused.’ The court also expressed shock that how Civic Chandran, aged 74 and also physically challenged could force himself upon another person.

The complainant alleged that Chandrab had organized a camp at Nandi Beach and he forcefully took her to a secluded place and touched her inappropriately. Chandran’s lawyers said the case is false and cooked up by the enemies of the accused.

The statement by court is ridiculed by many on social media. They are calling it the victim-blaming and invoking rape-victim stereotypes

[NeneRajuNeneManthri]

Lol

[Vaampire]

Shame on this judgement.

 

sexually proactive dress antey ento kooda define cheyyalsindi inka. Assal skin kanapadakunda burka vesukovali ani judgement ivvalsindi. 
 

ee judgement prakaram goa beach ki velli magallu em aina cheyyochu emo

[TOM_BHAYYA]

Idhedho Iran lo ichina judgement la undhi 

[RENT]

2 minutes ago, Vaampire said:

Shame on this judgement.

 

sexually proactive dress antey ento kooda define cheyyalsindi inka. Assal skin kanapadakunda burka vesukovali ani judgement ivvalsindi. 
 

ee judgement prakaram goa beach ki velli magallu em aina cheyyochu emo

Yes this is indirectly saying that women don’t have the freedom to wear what they want. 

[Vaampire]

1 minute ago, RENT said:

Yes this is indirectly saying that women don’t have the freedom to wear what they want. 

Yaaa… ilanti fichi foook judges untey chain snatchers kooda court lo case vestharu emo. Chains maaku kanapadetattu vesukodam valla thappu, cheyyadam maa thappu kaadhu ani

[RENT]

Just now, Vaampire said:

Yaaa… ilanti fichi foook judges untey chain snatchers kooda court lo case vestharu emo. Chains maaku kanapadetattu vesukodam valla thappu, cheyyadam maa thappu kaadhu ani

Yes If this is the case, they can say saree is provocative so I rafed ,will court accept that? Brainless judgments 

[Diana]

no wonder criminals think crime is ok cause victim is asking for it by being present/roaming in roads

nirbhaya case lo criminals cheppina sentence idi

mundu e judge meeda case petali and remove him from that respectable position.. he is not in his right mindset!

[nokia123]

1 hour ago, Vaampire said:

Yaaa… ilanti fichi foook judges untey chain snatchers kooda court lo case vestharu emo. Chains maaku kanapadetattu vesukodam valla thappu, cheyyadam maa thappu kaadhu ani

Indian judicial system lo unna judges enti itta unnaru? Barbarious 

[vatsayana]

ante ippudu manollu kooda buraka lu vesukovala? 

[nokia123]

5 minutes ago, vatsayana said:

ante ippudu manollu kooda buraka lu vesukovala? 

Yes ..same to same afgans laaga 

[Paamu]

31 minutes ago, nokia123 said:

Yes ..same to same afgans laaga 

Burka kooda provocative anukune vallu untaru 

[JollyReddy]

nirbaya r@pist gadi interview gurtochindi..

 

 

[Starblazer]

it can be either the accused harassed her due to provocative dress, or he didn't due to disability and everything is a cooked up story. judge took bits and pieces of both arguments and messed it up. seems like they bribed the judge.