Archive · 2 Jan 2026
Delhi High Court Criticizes Police for Hindi Phrase in FIRs
The Delhi High Court scolded the police for using a certain Hindi phrase in all the police reports (FIRs) about cases where women's modesty was hurt.
The court said this was not right and a misuse of the law.
This happened when some people who were accused of hurting a woman asked the court to cancel the police report against them.
The court was hearing their request.
Additionally, the court upheld the discharge of three men accused of sexual assault, noting that false allegations of rape can cause lifelong scars.
The court considered the woman's revised statement, which exonerated the accused, and observed that such cases undermine public confidence in the justice system.
Delhi High Court criticized police for using a specific Hindi phrase in FIRs related to outraging women's modesty.
Justice Neena Bansal Krishna heard the petition to quash an FIR against accused persons.
The FIR was related to allegations of assaulting a woman event manager under the influence of alcohol.
The court deemed the use of the phrase as a gross misuse of law.
The petition was filed by accused persons seeking to quash the FIR registered against them.
- Who
- Delhi High Court, Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, accused persons
- What
- Criticism of police for using a specific Hindi phrase in FIRs related to outraging women's modesty and upholding the discharge of three men accused of sexual assault
- When
- January 1 (specific year not mentioned) and December 15 (specific year not mentioned)
- Where
- Delhi High Court, New Delhi
- Why
- The court found the use of the phrase to be a gross misuse of law and observed that false allegations of rape inflict scars that remain unhealed for a lifetime
Prosecution
Defense
Use of Section 164 CrPC Statement
Prosecution
The prosecution argued that the trial court erred in ignoring the detailed allegations made in the FIR and the medical examination report, which recorded bruises and the prosecutrix’s narration of sexual assault.
Defense
The defense relied heavily on the Section 164 CrPC statement, arguing that it was recorded voluntarily before a magistrate and completely exonerated the accused.
- Court
- Delhi High Court
- Justice
- Neena Bansal Krishna
- Issue
- Use of a particular Hindi phrase in FIRs
- Offense
- Outraging women's modesty
- Petitioners
- Accused persons
- Additional Justice
- Swarana Kanta Sharma
- FIR Sections
- 376 (rape) and 328 (causing hurt by means of poison or other harmful substances with the intent to commit an offence)
- Complainant's Allegation
- Lured on the promise of a job, taken to a flat in Noida, and sexually assaulted by three men
Sources
Delhi HC deprecates police for using particular Hindi phrase in FIRs related to outraging woman’s modesty
Every ‘outraging modesty’ FIR has ‘haath maara’: Delhi High Court raps cops, wants ‘gross misuse’ cured at police stations
