Kolkata: West Bengal The Calcutta High Court has made very important remarks in a sexual harassment case. During the hearing of the case on Friday, the High Court said that the victim’s attempt to touch the breasts is a serious sexual harassment. It is not of rape. Earlier, the trial court had sentenced the accused in a case registered under Poxo, convicted of both serious sexual harassment and rape attempt and sentenced him to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment.
Lower court verdict overturned
The Calcutta High Court suspended the order before the lower court convicted and sentenced an accused under Poxo. The decision of the lower court in the case was challenged in the High Court. Hearing the appeal of the accused, a division bench of Justice Arijit Banerjee and Justice Biswaroop Chaudhary also said that there was no indication of any admission or admission in the medical examination of the victim in the case.
Lower court verdict overturned
The Calcutta High Court suspended the order before the lower court convicted and sentenced an accused under Poxo. The decision of the lower court in the case was challenged in the High Court. Hearing the appeal of the accused, a division bench of Justice Arijit Banerjee and Justice Biswaroop Chaudhary also said that there was no indication of any admission or admission in the medical examination of the victim in the case.
Controversy over such comment once
The Calcutta High Court said that touching the breast is a serious sexual harassment, but this rape attempt cannot be considered. According to the victim’s statement, the accused tried to touch her breasts drunk. However, at the same time the bench also clarified that his comments would not have any effect on the appeal hearing. It may be noted that there was a lot of controversy in one such case. When the Allahabad High Court said that it is not an attempt to raped Hila’s private part and break the slogan. The Supreme Court took cognizance of this.