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Bombay High Court grants bail to Nashik engineer, questions ATS claim of ISIS funding

India

The Indian Express•Today at 07:38

Bombay High Court grants bail to Nashik engineer, questions ATS claim of ISIS funding

The Bombay High Court recently observed that there was no “prima facie evidence” to connect a 34-year-old engineer from Nashik with ISIS and questioned the prosecution’s claim that he transferred Rs 50,000 to a co-accused to support the banned group monetarily. It granted him bail on furnishing a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh, along with sureties, and conditions to cooperate with the probe and not to leave the area under the purview of the Nashik special court.

‘Misconduct and indecency not voyeurism’: Bombay HC quashes case against man for ‘staring at female colleague’s chest’ during meetings

India

The Indian Express•Apr 10

‘Misconduct and indecency not voyeurism’: Bombay HC quashes case against man for ‘staring at female colleague’s chest’ during meetings

"The law does not punish every act which offends modesty under Section 354-C," the Bombay High Court noted. “The foundation of the offence is therefore intrusion into privacy in a private setting, or recording and circulation of such a private act… The law does not punish every act which offends modesty under Section 354-C,” the judge noted. “These may, at the highest amount, amount to misconduct, indecency, or some other wrong depending on the facts proved in proper proceedings.