Chennai: Police provided protection to a woman from her harasser.

Chennai: The Maduravoyal police have obtained a protection order for a 45-year-old woman against her harasser, a 44-year-old man, using the amended Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women (TNPHW) Act. According to Section 7-C, added to the TNPHW Act in January 2025, an Executive Magistrate can issue a protection order prohibiting the accused from attempting to contact the victim in any manner, whether personal, verbal, written, electronic, telephonic, or through a third party.
“Violation of the protection order by the accused will be an offense under this Act and is punishable with imprisonment up to three years and a fine of up to one lakh rupees.” In July 2025, the city police used this amendment for the first time and helped a 27-year-old woman obtain a protection order against her harasser, her estranged boyfriend.