BNS - Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Section 75 in THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 – BNS

Sexual
harassment.

  1. (1) A man committing any of the following acts:—
    (i) physical contact and advances involving unwelcome and explicit sexual
    overtures; or
    (ii) a demand or request for sexual favours; or
    (iii) showing pornography against the will of a woman; or
    (iv) making sexually coloured remarks,
    shall be guilty of the offence of sexual harassment.
    (2) Any man who commits the offence specified in clause (i) or clause (ii) or clause (iii)
    of sub-section (1) shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend
    to three years, or with fine, or with both.
    (3) Any man who commits the offence specified in clause (iv) of sub-section (1) shall
    be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year,
    or with fine, or with both.

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