The Calcutta High Court in Jishu Sengupta & Others Vs State of West Bengal & Anr, has held that “sexually coloured remarks” will come within the ambit of “sexual harassment” enumerated in section 354A of the Indian Penal Code. Justice Ranjit Kumar Bag was considering revision petitions filed by Rudranil Ghosh, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Srijit Mukherjee and Jishu Sengupta against the order of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Alipore, issuing summons to them. The allegation in the complaint is that on December 21, 2015, at 9 pm, during a television talk show titled Shonge Srijit, petitioner Srijit talked to petitioners Parambrata and Rudranil by casting aspersion on the character and reputation of the complainant and subjecting her to “sexual harassment”. By referring to one mannequin as the complainant, Srijit ascertained from Parambrata and Rudranil that they were in love with her, for which she would be immortalised in history. Both Rudranil and Parambrata used metaphors and euphemi...