Rules regarding voyeurism are described in Section 354C of the IPC. Photo - AI Generated

The Supreme Court has ruled that taking photos or recording a woman on a mobile phone without her consent is not an offence under IPC Section 354C (voyeurism) if she is not in a private or intimate moment.

A bench of Justices N. Kotiswar Singh and Manmohan upheld the Calcutta High Court's order and acquitted the accused.

The bench criticised both the police and the trial court for wrongly invoking voyeurism in a case where the woman was video-recorded while entering a disputed property. The Court observed that the ingredients of outraging modesty were not satisfied.

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