Tuesday, October 1, 2013

One arrested on charges of molesting minor

GANGTOK, 30 Sept: A 54-year-old man was arrested by the Singtam police on Sunday on charges of assault and ‘outraging the modesty of a woman’ in East Sikkim.
According to the police report, on 25 September the accused molested a 14-year-old girl in her house. The victim was staying with her grandfather who has alleged that this was not the first time that the accused had molested the girl.
The victim was forwarded for medical examination and the accused arrested. A case under section 448/ 323/ 354 [punishment for house-trespass, punishment for voluntarily causing hurt and assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty] of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against him at the Singtam Police Station.

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