Cops bust 47 Mumbai law students at 'obscene' Lonavla dance party with condoms, foreign liquor

Friday, 4 April 2014 By Legally India Law schools

Up to 47 students, reportedly from a law school in Mumbai, were arrested in a Lonavla house party for allegedly dancing obscenely and being drunk, with police ‘discovering’ booze and condoms at the costume party.

They were charged under section 294 of the Indian Penal Code, section 110, 112 and 117 of the Bombay Police Act and section (65) (E) of the Bombay Prohibition Act, according to news reports.

Police officers told papers: “Of the 45 students arrested, 20 were women from the same college. Our team found these students indulging in obscene dance. Most of them were under the influence of alcohol.

“It was a masquerade party and the girls were dressed in a one piece dress with masks.”

Produced in Vadgaon Maval court on Thursday they were released after paying Rs 10,000 each in surety with proper bail scheduled for April 16.

Lawyer Sanjay Wandre, who is reportedly representing the students, said: “The students did not indulg in any obscene act. As for the dresses they were wearing, modern clothes are commonly worn by youth from Mumbai and there was nothing objectionable about it.” [TOI] [DNA]

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Comments

Speculator 4 Apr 2014, 08:00
+3 -5
GLC brass attempting to keep the college's name off media reports?
XYZ 4 Apr 2014, 08:23
+4 -3
Dear Speculator:

Please do not attempt at mindless speculation.
The other Mumbai newspapers have reported the College name. I would not like to put any names here since I honestly believe that the College (any college for that matter) has nothing to do with this.
DBS 4 Apr 2014, 08:24
+7 -4
They are from Usha Pravin Gandhi/Jitendra Chauhan Law College as per media reports!!
Confirm 4 Apr 2014, 10:29
+5 -3
[quote name="DBS"]They are from Usha Pravin Gandhi/Jitendra Chauhan Law College as per media reports!![/quote]


I know they are from this college. My batchmates.
Offence?! 4 Apr 2014, 09:11
+8 -2
Since when is carrying condoms an offence??!! Live and let live!!
curious 4 Apr 2014, 09:13
+12 -1
Even assuming it was obscene, Is it an offence to dance in an obscene manner indoors? They were not dancing in CST station for heavens sake.
Blah 4 Apr 2014, 09:37
+1 -2
DNA has used an archive picture of girls covering their faces and its captioned "A representational image" WTF does that mean?
Modified Congystani 4 Apr 2014, 09:55
+7 -1
Hoodi baba! 'condoms' and 'foreign liquor' and 'obscene dance'! such grave offences! I think the Global CEOs of all companies of these condom and liquor companies must be summoned to appear before the H'ble thulla of the local police station, just like the korean CEO recently called! After all, we are the world's largest democracy.
John McLane 4 Apr 2014, 10:55
+5 -0
This is anarchy. If having condoms, dressing in one piece cloth or drinking foreign liquor, Indoor and privately, is obscenity then the condom ads, liquor ads and one piece cloths ads shall also be considered the same. Apply the law on them, charge the manufactures, advertising agencies and broadcasting channels, with the network channels as accomplices.
Bombay police, why don't you go and catch some serius stuff like Mumbai mafia or terrorists, so that events like 7/3 or 26/11 shall not be repeated.
A law professor 4 Apr 2014, 13:58
+0 -1
Just fail to understand why LI decide to publish such a ridiculous repport! I can understand ToI or DNA doing it for their circulation addition. But a blog like LI should show more caution (and responsibility) while publishing reports like this. Since when is carrying condoms, consuming foreing liqour or even going for parties an offence in India? Any Magistrate who has gone to a law college will throw away this case at the first hearing itself!
NB: Please remove the name of the college reported by some of the commentators above. It is in serious violation of privacy rights of students in that college!
kianganz 4 Apr 2014, 14:03
+4 -0
I think the point of the story is that it'd be a rather ridiculous and funny story, if it wasn't true...

And since it's true, why should we not report on police overreach?
DBS 4 Apr 2014, 14:29
+1 -0
[quote name="A law professor"]NB: Please remove the name of the college reported by some of the commentators above. It is in serious violation of privacy rights of students in that college![/quote]
Go file a defamation suit against the newspapers who have printed the name of the college!!!
Bad lawyers SVKM 4 Apr 2014, 18:37
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[quote name="A law professor"]Just fail to understand why LI decide to publish such a ridiculous repport! I can understand ToI or DNA doing it for their circulation addition. But a blog like LI should show more caution (and responsibility) while publishing reports like this. Since when is carrying condoms, consuming foreing liqour or even going for parties an offence in India? Any Magistrate who has gone to a law college will throw away this case at the first hearing itself!
NB: Please remove the name of the college reported by some of the commentators above. It is in serious violation of privacy rights of students in that college![/quote]

I think you people should really study law than go to rave parties!! it is in public domain. LI need not censor it, unless you people get an injunction, which I personally,a Bombay High Court lawyer, doubt you will get. Most of the charges, barring probably obscenity, the students are charged for, the case is weak for students.
Wow 4 Apr 2014, 20:42
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This is absolutely absurd. Carrying condoms is the opposite of a bad thing, there are government advertisements that encourage condom use. HOW does having condoms become evidence of some wrongdoing. Foreign liquor is a problem because? Would it have been fine if they were drinking desi tharra? And are two piece dresses preferable?!!

Say bye bye to anuchit vyavhar,
abki baar, !£$% sarkaar
LoL 5 Apr 2014, 07:36
+1 -0
whatever happened to the "in a public place" and "in or close to a public" place part of Sec 294.

growing up, i thought 2 piece was a taboo! (unless the one piece mentioned here was because of one of the two pieces being missing), even which should not be a bother (see first para).

wrt condoms, would it have been better that they not have those? The Govt. Should be happy that the youth has taken up to the "mukkadar ka sikandar" campaign!

And to hell with the Prohibition Act!

Sickening this Maha Police has become! Useless Fu#$%rs. Don't they have better things to do?

I am just waiting for some screwed up Meenakshi Lekhi/Asaram Type of people to say that such parties incite men and lead to Rape. Just wait for it. Some idiot will say it!

Also, this has nothing to do with the law school. Each and every lawyer here has been drunk (hopefully) and had fun (hopefully), either with(hopefully) or without condoms, regardless of which law school.
Amit Shah 5 Apr 2014, 10:52
+0 -2
hahaha - now maharashtra police has to suck up to modi too - and prove their allegiance.
LoL 5 Apr 2014, 12:25
+1 -2
Nirodh ka Virodh aur Band hue Baar,
Ap ki Baar, Modi Sarkaar
rahul buddhu 6 Apr 2014, 12:08
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did the cops actually use the word "masquerade"..... i am seriously impressed...
Blah 7 Apr 2014, 10:00
+2 -0
If the learned people above do not know, it was Congress Government which had banned liquor in Gujarat and had brought the draconian Bombay Prohibition Act and not BJP. BJP or Jan Sangh was not even born then.
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