Mumbai: Observing that painting nude images prima facie amounted to an offence, the Bombay High Court has refused to quash a criminal complaint against an artist who painted nude and derogatory pictures of his estranged wife in his bedroom.
The couple, who got married in 1998 and jointly owned a flat, were staying in separate rooms in Mittal Ocean View on Juhu Tara Road in suburban Santacruz as they were fighting a divorce case in a family court. The wife had alleged offences against her artist husband Chintan Upadhyay under Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act for painting her in the buff.
Acting on her complaint, the Bandra Magistrate had issued process on January 8 against Upadhyay, who challenged the order in the high court. The high court did not agree with Upadhyay that the complaint disclosed no offence punishable under the provisions of Indian Penal Code or Indecent Representation of Women's Act or that the continuation of proceedings in pursuance thereof is an abuse of the process of law....
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