Penal Code,1860 – Ss. 354, 354A & 506 – Criminal P.C. 1973 – S. 438 – Anticipatory Bail – Assault or use of criminal force to a woman to outrage her modesty – Determining the parameters in granting anticipatory bail in cases of serious offences.

Penal Code, 1860 – S. 354 – Essential Ingredients – (a) that the assault must be on a woman; (b) that the accused must have used criminal force on her; (c) that the criminal force must have been used on the woman intending thereby to outrage her modesty.