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Nobody has right to touch woman without her consent

NEW DELHI,Nov 06: Nobody has a right to touch a woman's body without her consent, a Delhi court has observed while upholding the six-month jail term of an army hospital employee for molesting a woman medical student in his chamber.In the instant case, it is evident that appellant had pulled the prosecutrix towards his chamber with the intention to sexually assault her and therefore, committed offence of outraging her modesty under section 354 of IPC, Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhatt said.

The court's observation came while dismissing the appeal of convict Ashok Kumar, who was working as a stenographer in the hospital, against a magisterial court's last month order sentencing him to jail and imposing a fine of Rs 5,000 on him.According to the prosecution, on February 2, 2011 an FIR was lodged at DhaulaKuan Police Station on the complaint of the medical student that Kumar molested her when she was working in CT centre at the hospital around 1 PM.

It was alleged that she had gone to Kumar's chamber to check leave register when he suddenly pulled her and tried to sexually assault her, after which she stormed out of the room and telephoned her husband, who is also a doctor.(Agencies)

 


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