Mumbai court sentences man for calling a girl ‘item’: ‘Outraging modesty…’
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Mumbai court sentences man for calling a girl ‘item’: ‘Outraging modesty…’

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai special court sentenced a man to 1.5 years in prison and imposed a ₹500 fine in a judgment dated October 20 for “outraging the modesty of a minor girl” by calling her an “item”. According to the court, calling a girl an “item” is “derogatory and objectifies her in a sexual manner", news agency ANI reported. Mumbai court sentences man for calling a girl ‘item’: ‘Outraging modesty…’ The accused used to tease the girl in 2015 - who was then a 16-year-old - when she used to return from school. Observing that the accused's behaviour was “wholly inappropriate”, the court said that “the fact that the accused intentionally caught hold of the victim's hair and pulled it and called her an 'item', in my opinion, will certainly go to prove the fact of him having outraged her modesty".

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