"Son, are you homeless?"

Kissing in public by married couple not obscene: HC -The Delhi High Court has stayed criminal proceedings against a couple wondering how and why an "expression of love by a young married couple" in this case allegedly by stealing kisses in public should attract the charge of obscenity. "The FIR doesn't make a case for offence under Section 294 (obscenity) read with 34 IPC. It is inconceivable how, even if one were to take what is stated in the FIR to be true, an expression of love by a young married couple would attract offence of obscenity and trigger the coercive process of law," observed Justice Muralidhar. The newly married duo was picked up by ASI Vidhyadhar Singh of Dwarka police station on September 4 last year after he claimed to have found them "sitting in an objectionable position near a Metro pillar and kissing each other due to which passersby were feeling bad." Even though Ajit told them they were married, the cop hauled them to the police station and arrested them. HC was surprised how Singh disregarded the fact that the two were married and registered an FIR for obscenity.

I have two silly thoughts,

First, why would any sane man (sigh!) want to kiss 'his wife' (and likewise, a sane woman to kiss 'her husband') in public. A lover, definitely but wife? Hmmmmmmmmmmm. Well, certain people do have a weird sense of masochism.

Second, by the same token, is it alright for a 'married' couple to have sex in full public glare, and will the honourable judges uphold it saying 'since they are married, it is fine for them to do that?"

Hey! That was by way of fun. I am a liberal and believe that the State should interfere as less as possible in an individuals life. And our Police, who cannot catch a real thief or terrorist, are wasting their time on such trivial issues. Even if a passerby is offended, all the Policeman had to do was to tap the husband on the shoulder and ask him "Son, are you homeless?".