New Delhi, April 11 -- Staring at a woman colleague's chest in an office setting, can be morally wrong or indecent conduct of the man, but does not amount to the offence of voyeurism under Section 354C of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Bombay High Court was quoted by Bar and Bench and Live Law as saying recently.

Section 354C in The Indian Penal Code, 1860, defines and punishes the offence of voyeurism. It says:

"Any man who watches, or captures the image of a woman engaging in a private act in circumstances where she would usually have the expectation of not being observed either by the perpetrator or by any other person at the behest of the perpetrator or disseminates such image shall be punished on first conviction with imprisonmen...