New Delhi, July 1 -- In a ten-year-old molestation case, the Bombay High Court's Nagpur bench has remarked that saying "I love you" is merely an expression of feelings and does not amount to "sexual intent."

Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke of the Nagpur bench stated that any sexual act must involve inappropriate touching, forcible disrobing, or indecent gestures or remarks made with the intent to insult the modesty of a woman.

The court made these observations while acquitting a 35-year-old man accused of molesting a teenage girl in 2015.

According to the complaint, the man had approached the then 17-year-old girl in Nagpur, held her hand, and said, "I love you."

He was convicted under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Pr...