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'Transgender Woman Can Invoke BNS Provision On Outraging Modesty Of Woman': Bombay HC

'Transgender Woman Can Invoke BNS Provision On Outraging Modesty Of Woman': Bombay HC
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Mumbai, November 7, 2026: The offence of outraging the modesty of a woman under Section 75 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) can be invoked even when the victim is a transgender person who identifies as a woman, the Bombay High Court has held. Justice Mehroz Pathan, on November 3, rejected the...

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