120 pictures and video of her in her mobile phone as the accused told her to do so and wanted to see it and demanded it from her and hence this court is of the view that the prosecution has proved the offence u/s 354 A of IPC where the accused had demanded for sexual favours beyond the shadow of all reasonable doubts. Section 354 C of the Indian Penal Code states Voyeurism: Any man who watches, or captures the image of a woman engaging in a private act in circumstances where she would usually have the expectation of not being observed either by the perpetrator or by any other person at the behest of the perpetrator or disseminates such image shall be punished on first conviction with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than one year, but which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine, and be punished on a second or subsequent conviction, with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than three years, but which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine. Ld. Special PP at the time of argument relied a citation reported in AIR 1952 SC 54 : 1952 Cr LJ 547 where it was held that “A girl or women is extremely reluctant to admit an incident which reflects on her chastity. There is a built-in assurance that the charge is genuine rather than fabricated.” In this case this court finds that the accused Animesh Boxi had demanded personal nude photos and videos of the victim and CFSL report and other evidences shows that from the mobile of the accused those nude videos were uploaded to pornhub website and definitely the accused had watched those nude videos and hence this court is of the view that the prosecution has proved the offence u/s 354 C of IPC where the videos are of private act of a lady reasonably secured from others from viewing without her permission beyond the shadow of all reasonable doubts. Section 354 D of the Indian Penal Code states Stalking: (1) Any man who — 1. follows a woman and contacts, or attempts to contact such woman to foster personal interaction repeatedly despite a clear indication of disinterest by such woman; or

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