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'A' entered in the room of a girl aged about two years, who was sleeping, and, without any penetration,…

In State of Punjab v. Major Singh the Supreme Court held that even a female infant has modesty, since the essence of a woman's modesty is her sex. Injuring the private parts…

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'A' entered in the room of a girl aged about two years, who was sleeping, and, without any penetration, injured her private parts. In this case: -

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In State of Punjab v. Major Singh the Supreme Court held that even a female infant has modesty, since the essence of a woman's modesty is her sex. Injuring the private parts of the sleeping two-year-old is therefore criminal force to outrage her modesty under section 74 of the BNS; with no penetration it is not rape, and it is much more than house-trespass.

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