The Bombay High Court recently quashed an FIR against college students in a case of outraging the modesty of women and voluntarily hurting each other. The students said they don’t wish to pursue the FIR, and directed them to pay ₹10,000 each to the National Association for the Blind.
A Division Bench comprising Justices R.M. Sawant and Sandeep Shinde was hearing a plea filed by Farheen Jahur Mansoori and Aakib Javed Shakeel Shaikh for quashing of the FIR.
The incident took place on May 24, 2017 outside Rizvi College, Bandra, in which the police registered a FIR under the IPC sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace). The students have attributed the lodging of the FIR to misunderstanding between them in the heat of the moment and have settled the matter with filing of forms on 'Consent Terms'. Both parties consented to not pursue the FIRs.
The court held the parties have amicably resolved their dispute, which has resulted in drawing up of the Consent Terms, and quashed the FIR.