Word 'R***i' Bound To Insult Modesty Of Any Woman: Delhi Court Convicts Man
A Delhi Court has observed that the word 'randi' is not a word which is used simply to insult a person and is bound to insult the modesty of any hardworking woman.
Judicial Magistrate First Class Harjot Singh Aujla of Dwarka Courts convicted a man for offence punishable under Section 506 (criminal intimidation) and 509 (insulting modesty of woman) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
The FIR was registered against the accused in 2021 by the complainant alleging that he abused her by using abusive or filthy language insulting her modesty and also threatened to rape her.
It was alleged that the accused used the word “Darwaja Khool de mujhe tere saath sex karna hai” and “Randi tujhe mai bataunga bahut samajhdar apne to samajahti hai".
Convicting the accused, the judge said that when the word 'randi' is used to a woman, it denotes that she is not loyal.
The Court also said that the words used by the accused were not simple insult but it directly hit at the sex of a woman and it shows that the word is intended to mean that the woman is promiscuous and further casts an aspersion on her character. “It is bound to insult the modesty of any woman. The words also mean that she is engaged in sexual intercourse with various people,” the Court said.
“Hence, the court is of the view that the words spoken by the accused are intended to insult the modesty of complainant. Thus, ingredients of section 509 IPC are satisfied beyond reasonable doubt,” it added.
Furthermore, the Court concluded that the accused used direct threats by using the words in question which clearly amounted to criminal intimidation as defined under section 503 of IPC.
“Based on the above discussion, the court is of the view that the prosecution has proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. Hence, the accused stands convicted for offence u/s 506(part 2)/509 IPC,” the Court said.