Kerala High Court Terms Incident Of Daughter Being Eve-Teased In Front Of Father ‘Unfortunate’, Denies Anticipatory Bail To Accused

Kerala High Court Terms Incident Of Daughter Being Eve-Teased In Front Of Father ‘Unfortunate’, Denies Anticipatory Bail To Accused

It’s not uncommon for women to hear lewd comments from roadside Romeo’s every now and then. The sad truth of this world is that we’ve all faced eve-teasing at some point of time in our lives. Indian society strongly believes that a woman is safe when she is with a family member but that’s far from the truth. And the evidence in question is this case where a girl was eve-teased by a man while she was with her father. In a recent case where a man not only passed lewd comments about a girl but also went on to assault her father when he objected to it, the Kerala High Court said that it is unfortunate that a father cannot walk on the road with his teenage daughter without having to hear something inappropriate about her. The Court also dismissed the plea for anticipatory bail of the man who allegedly passed lewd comments against the 14-year-old.

In the above-mentioned case, the accused had claimed that the girl’s father attacked him and another person with him while seeking anticipatory bail. Hearing the plea, the Kerala High Court observed that the accused had passed lewd comments against the man’s daughter and when he objected to it, the man assault the father who is a retired Sub-Inspector of Police, with a helmet and injured him in the process. The Court said that it is normal for a parent to react the way the man did upon hearing inappropriate comments about his daughter. “It is unfortunate if a man and his daughter cannot walk together without someone making lewd comments. Such things should stop,” said the Kerala High Court according to a report by NDTV.

The prosecution opposed the bail as the man has not only made inappropriate comments about a teenager but he had also assaulted retired Police personnel. After hearing the case, the Kerala High Court said that taking into consideration all the facts and circumstances and the nature of the allegations, the accused (petitioner, in this case) is not entitled to anticipatory bail. The court also said that if the accused surrenders before the investigation officer, he shall be produced in front of the Magistrate of the concerned jurisdiction on the same day and the Magistrate will then consider any and all applications filed by him without any delay depending on the merit of the case.

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We’re glad to see the court talking about these things and taking cases of eve-teasing seriously. But TBH, can we not make it about the father here? We’re hearing so much about how the father was traumatised but can we also help the daughter deal with the trauma of being eve-teased in front of her father and then having to watch these random men assault her father.

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