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Calling woman chammak challo amounts to insulting her modesty, says Mumbai court

Press Trust of India | ByPress Trust of India, Thane
Sep 04, 2017 11:28 AM IST

Generally this word is used to insult a woman. It is not a word for appreciating....it causes irritation and anger to any woman, said the court

The use of the Hindi word “chhammak chhallo” may seem cool in a Bollywood song, but its use in real life can land you in legal trouble.

Incidentally, a hit song in the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Ra One had used this word.(File)
Incidentally, a hit song in the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Ra One had used this word.(File)

A court in Thane has held that the use of the word amounts to “insulting a woman’s modesty”.

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Incidentally, a hit song in the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Ra One had used this word.

A magistrate last week sentenced a city resident to simple imprisonment “till the court rises” for the offence and imposed a fine of Re1 on him.

One of accused’s neighbours had dragged him to the court.

According to the woman’s complaint, on January 9, 2009, while returning from a morning walk with her husband, she stumbled on a garbage bin which the accused had kept on the staircase.

The accused yelled at the couple, and, among other things, called the woman “chhammak chhallo”.

Finding it very offensive, the woman approached police, but the police refused to register a complaint. So she moved the court.

Eight years later, Judicial Magistrate RT Ingale upheld her case, saying the accused had indeed committed an offence under section 509 of IPC (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman). “It is a Hindi word. There is no word for it in English. The said word is to be understood in the Indian society by its use. Generally this word is used to insult a woman. It is not a word for appreciating....it causes irritation and anger to any woman,” the magistrate said in his order.

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