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Mere Touching Of Hand Not 'Criminal Force': Gauhati High Court Quashes Sexual Harassment Case Against IIT Professor
Bhavya Singh
12 Feb 2026 10:50 AM IST
The Gauhati High Court recently quashed the sexual harassment case registered against an IIT Professor for allegedly touching the hands of a woman who had approached him seeking mentorship for her startup idea.Justice Sanjeev Kumar Sharma noted that mere 'touching' of hands does not satisfy the definition of 'force' to attract the offence of Outraging woman's modesty by assault or use of...
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