HC cites convict’s circumstances, cuts jail for sexual harassment from 3 yrs to 15 days

THE Madras High Court has reduced the prison term of a man convicted and imprisoned in a sexual harassment case by taking into account the circumstances, particularly the situation of his wife and children, and the fact that he had lost one of his legs in an accident.

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Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy passed the orders recently on the criminal revision petitions filed by the convict - Lakshmanan of Tiruppur.

He was sentenced to three years imprisonment under section 354 (A) (1) (i) for sexually harassing a woman worker of a hosiery unit owned by his father and two years under section 506 (i) of IPC for intimidating the victim. The judgment was given by the Additional Mahila Court in Tiruppur on July 30, 2021 and was upheld by the Principal Sessions Judge on December 17, 2021.