Section  354 of IPC . Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty .—Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any woman, intending to outrage or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby outrage her modesty, shall be punished with impris­onment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Per Contra, learned APP has vehemently opposed the bail application by stating that the petitioner has been evading arrest and has not joined the investigation. He further alleged that the anticipatory bail application has been previously rejected by the learned ASJ keeping in view the seriousness of the allegations. Hence, the present petition is liable to be set aside. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record. Before adverting to the quest...