'F**K off' is a sexually coloured American remark, not used in Indian society to ask anyone to leave: Delhi court

A Delhi court recently held that the remark ‘f**k off’ is a vulgar American slang and is not used in Indian society, schools, or colleges to ask anyone to leave..Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Sanjay Sharma of Tis Hazari Court, therefore, rejected the argument of an accused person who had contended that the dictionary meaning of the phrase is ‘to leave’.The Court observed that the it is a sexually coloured remark which is offensive, abusive, and humiliating."The said word is an American vulgar slang. The said word is a offensive word. In Indian society, schools or colleges, this word is not used to ask anyone to leave or go away.....In ordinary sense, the said word is abusive, offensive and humiliating," the order said..The Court was dealing with a revision petition against an order of the Metropolitan Magistrate, Mahila Court, which had framed charges against one Tausif-ul Hasan under Sections 354A (sexual harassment), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 509 (insulting modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).It was alleged that the accused used abusive language against the woman in her house and threatened her.Besides asking her to ‘f**k off’, he also called her a ‘bazaru aurat’ – a woman of bad character..After considering the arguments, the ASJ Sharma said that there was a prima facie case that the man used the word with the intent to insult the complainant’s modesty.The Court added that the complainant has specifically stated that Hasan asked her to shut up and sit in a corner and threatened that she and her family would be thrown out of the house..This is sufficient ground for proceeding against the petitioner for offences under Section 354A/509 and 506 IPC, the judge said.“This Court does not find any material illegality, irregularity or jurisdictional error in the impugned order framing charges under Section 354A/509 and 506 IPC. Accordingly, the criminal revision petition filed by the petitioner is dismissed.”.Advocate Anis Ahmed appeared for the petitioner.The State was represented by Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) Amit Dabas. .[Read Order]