Petting a child in a shirt Not considered offensive Indians are stunned of judgment, is it not?
Petting a child in a shirt – CNN Report on the loud debate in Indian society. Bombay High Court case Judge that petting the body with the child still wearing clothes It is not considered sexual harassment. The ruling has sparked a wave of dissatisfaction across the country, including campaigners against sexual abuse of women and children.
Last week, Mrs. Pusapa Ganeshwar, Judge of the Bombay High Court Judged that the 39-year-old man was not guilty of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl because the man caresses the body without taking off the child’s clothes. Therefore there is no physical contact with the body
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Court documents said the man tricked the girl into the home, claiming to have eaten a foreigner in December 2016 and grabbed her breasts and tried to remove the child’s underwear, leading the court to guilty of sexual abuse. 3 years in prison but the perpetrator appealed to the High Court
Later, a High Court judge ruled on Jan. 19 that the man’s act was not considered sexual harassment by definition. If actually guilty, it could be in prison for at least 3 years or up to 5 years. There must be an allegation that has been heard and proven.
He also explained that the Child Protection from Sexual Offenses Act of 2012 did not explicitly state body contact as a sexual offense.
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The judge was not convicted of sexual harassment. But convicted of child molestation and sentenced to one year in prison and said that according to the principles of law The punishment of the offender must be equal to the criminal offense.
Following the ruling on Indian social media, the courts of first instance and high courts across the country upheld the decision by the Bombay High Court.
The National Women’s Commission will oppose the ruling because it affects the safety and security of women.
Attorney of the Supreme Court of India, Ms. Karthana Nanthee, said the decision was inconsistent with the basis of the law and the fundamental rights had to be reviewed, as it was an omission of crimes against girls.
Ranjana Kumari, director of the Social Research Center for Women’s Rights in India, a not-for-profit organization, said the decision was shameful, infringing, humiliating and a lack of discretion.
Sexual harassment is a major concern in India as it is often violent and widespread. While the country’s justice system is weak As of 2018, one woman in India is sexually assaulted every 16 minutes.
Following a harrowing and world-famous case in which a 23-year-old female college student was sexually assaulted and murdered on a bus in New Delhi, law reform and escalation were followed.
This included a quick sexual assault trial and revised the definition of “rape” to include anal and oral sexual harassment, and canceled the “two-finger” test to assess whether a woman had recently been sexually abused. Is the gender coming?
In spite of a loud case Up many times But last year The number of sexual harassment continues to be violated, including cases where a 13-year-old girl was sexually assaulted and found dead in a field. And the case of a 83-year-old woman was sexually abused while waiting for the milkman.
Activists will continue to monitor the harassment justice system, and Indian law says transgender offenders face a maximum sentence of two years in prison.
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