Wearing short skirts, dancing provocatively not obscene acts: Bombay High Court

The court quashed an FIR against 5 individuals booked for watching a performance by women wearing short clothes who were allegedly dancing indecently while the accused were showering fake currency notes on these women.
Nagpur Bench, Bombay High Court
Nagpur Bench, Bombay High Court
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Wearing short skirts, dancing provocatively or making gestures cannot be considered obscene acts per se under Section 294 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which punishes such acts, the Bombay High Court recently said [Lalita Bais & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra].

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