Bombay HC pulls up trial judge for using slang, disrespectful words to women in rape case

The Bombay High Court pulled up an Additional Sessions Judge and expressed its displeasure at the choice of words used by him while recording the testimony of the victim in a rape case.

The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court on Thursday expressed "strong displeasure" at the choice of words used by Additional Sessions Judge SV Ranpise while recording the testimony of a rape victim and later in the judgment copy as well. The division bench of Justices Ravindra V Ghuge and Justice B U Debadwar was hearing a plea filed by the state government against the acquittal of a 45-year-old man from Ahmednagar. The bench said, "The trial court has used the words ‘F*****’ and “F******”. These words are used in slang language, are treated to be foul words, and are utterly disrespectful to women."