Court convicts youth for molesting woman
4 Jan 2014 12:45 AM GMT
A Delhi court has convicted a youth for molesting a woman, while she was going to relieve herself in a field and revoked attempt to rape charges against him.
Additional sessions judge Yogesh Khanna held Ashu guilty of the offence, saying he cannot be convicted for rape of the woman as he failed to complete his act, after the victim fled from his clutches.
The court, however, has only convicted Ashu for the crime as three of his associates, who were also part of the offence, were not arrested during the investigation of the case and they remained untraceable throughout the trial.
‘To my mind the facts suggest an indecent assault upon the woman and hence the case would be rather squarely covered under sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt)/ 341 (wrongful restraint)/ 354 (assault or criminal force to the woman with intent to outrage her modesty)/ 34 (common intention) of the IPC...,’ the judge said.
Additional sessions judge Yogesh Khanna held Ashu guilty of the offence, saying he cannot be convicted for rape of the woman as he failed to complete his act, after the victim fled from his clutches.
The court, however, has only convicted Ashu for the crime as three of his associates, who were also part of the offence, were not arrested during the investigation of the case and they remained untraceable throughout the trial.
‘To my mind the facts suggest an indecent assault upon the woman and hence the case would be rather squarely covered under sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt)/ 341 (wrongful restraint)/ 354 (assault or criminal force to the woman with intent to outrage her modesty)/ 34 (common intention) of the IPC...,’ the judge said.
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