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Section 75 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
75. Sexual harassment.
(1) A man committing any of the following acts:-
(i) physical contact and advances involving unwelcome and explicit sexual overtures; or
(ii) a demand or request for sexual favours; or
(iii) showing pornography against the will of a woman; or
(iv) making sexually coloured remarks, shall be guilty of the offence of sexual harassment.
(2) Any man who commits the offence specified in clause (i) or clause (ii) or clause (iii) of sub-section (1) shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
(3) Any man who commits the offence specified in clause (iv) of sub-section (1) shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.
Related Sections
- Section 313: Punishment for belonging to gang of robbers, etc
- Section 67: Sexual intercourse by husband upon his wife during separation
- Section 197: Imputations, Assertions prejudicial to national integration
- Section 123: Causing hurt by means of poison, etc., with intent to commit an offence
- Section 247: Fraudulently Obtaining decree for sum not due