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Delhi Court Convicts Man for Insulting Woman's Modesty with "Kaun se wale papa?" Remark
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News18•30-09-2026, 18:15
Delhi Court Convicts Man for Insulting Woman's Modesty with "Kaun se wale papa?" Remark
- •A Delhi court convicted Girdhari Lal for insulting a woman's modesty with the remark ‘Kaun se wale papa?’
- •Judicial Magistrate Moksha Bains ruled the remark was a sexually-derogatory insinuation about the woman's fidelity and her child's paternity.
- •The incident occurred on March 23, 2021, when the woman was pacifying her daughter by saying ‘Dekho papa aa gaye’, to which Lal immediately responded with the offensive question.
- •The court stated that the meaning of the words stemmed from the specific circumstances, implying multiple potential fathers for the child.
- •Girdhari Lal was convicted under IPC section 509, with sentencing yet to be determined, as the court found his intention was to insult the woman's modesty.
Key Questions Answered
A Delhi court ruled that the remark “Kaun se wale papa?” made by a man was a sexually derogatory insinuation regarding a woman's fidelity and her child's paternity, rather than an innocent question.
Girdhari Lal was convicted under Section 509 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which addresses words, gestures, or acts intended to insult the modesty of a woman.
According to the prosecution, the incident took place on March 23, 2021, when the complainant was walking through a street with her three-year-old daughter.
