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Is Reading Someone's Emails Stalking? | Cyberstalking Explained | B.N.S. Section 78
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Outraging the Modesty of Women: Harassment, Voyeurism, Stalking
Sections 74 to 78 of the B.N.S. sit under the heading "Of criminal force and assault against woman", which also covers Section 79 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman). Sections 74 to 78 protect a woman against an indecent touch, sexual harassment, being stripped, voyeuri…
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- 1 A man is charged with stalking under Section 78, B.N.S. He claims that his conduct falls within one of the exceptions in the proviso to that Section. According to the lecture text, who carries the burden of bringing the...
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