{"id":1246,"date":"2024-11-14T13:02:25","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T13:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssrana.in\/posh-law\/?post_type=ufaq&#038;p=1246"},"modified":"2026-04-02T06:01:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T06:01:40","slug":"is-there-imprisonment-under-posh-act-investigation-for-posh-complaint","status":"publish","type":"ufaq","link":"https:\/\/ssrana.in\/posh-law\/ufaq\/is-there-imprisonment-under-posh-act-investigation-for-posh-complaint\/","title":{"rendered":"Is there imprisonment under POSH Act investigation for POSH Complaint?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-list ewd-ufaq-page-type-distinct ewd-ufaq-category-tabs- ewd-ufaq-faq-category-title-accordion\" id='ewd-ufaq-faq-list'>\n\n\t<input type='hidden' name='show_on_load' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-show-on-load' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='include_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-include-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='exclude_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-exclude-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='orderby' value='title' id='ewd-ufaq-orderby' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='order' value='asc' id='ewd-ufaq-order' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='post_count' value='-1' id='ewd-ufaq-post-count' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='current_url' value='\/posh-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq\/1246' id='ewd-ufaq-current-url' \/>\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faqs'>\n\n\t\t<div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-div ewd-ufaq-faq-column-count-one ewd-ufaq-faq-responsive-columns- ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-default ewd-ufaq-can-be-toggled\" id='ewd-ufaq-post-1246-NcJ0LQ9kdk' data-post_id='1246'>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title ewd-ufaq-faq-toggle'>\n\t\n\t<a class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin'  href='#' role=\"button\">\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol ewd-ufaq-'>\n\t\t\t<span >A<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title-text'>\n\n\t\t\t<h4>\n\t\t\t\tIs there imprisonment under POSH Act investigation for POSH Complaint?\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-clear'><\/div>\n\n\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-body' >\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin ewd-ufaq-faq-post'>\n\t<p>The POSH Law is a civil law and it itself does not explicitly prescribe imprisonment as a penalty for the respondent. However, if the conduct of the respondent constitutes any criminal offence under the Indian Penal Code such as sexual assault or criminal intimidation, the complainant may file a separate criminal complaint and in such case, the respondent may face imprisonment under the relevant sections of the applicable law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Is there imprisonment under POSH Act investigation for POSH Complaint? The POSH Law is a civil law and it itself does not explicitly prescribe imprisonment as a penalty for the respondent. 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