Youth Convicted by Mumbai Court for Winking at Woman to Outrage Her Modesty

Mumbai: A 22-year-old youth was convicted by a court in Mumbai for outraging the modesty of a woman by winking at her and holding her hand.

The court, however, did not impose any sentence on the youth considering his age and the fact that he has no criminal antecedents.

Magistrate Aarti Kulkarni in her order passed on August 22, observed that while the offence committed by the accused, Mohammed Kaif Fakir, deserves a sentence not less than life imprisonment, considering his age and the fact that he has no criminal antecedents, he should be given the benefit of probation, reported NDTV.

The court convicted Fakir under section 354 (outraging the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

The court ordered that Fakir be released after furnishing a bond of Rs 15,000 and directed him to appear before the probation officer as and when called.

As per the complaint lodged at Byculla police station in south Mumbai in April 2022, the accused working in a local grocery shop delivered groceries ordered by the woman at her home. He asked for a glass of water. When the woman was handing him the glass, he allegedly touched her hand inappropriately and winked at her. He touched her hand the second time while handing over the bag of groceries and again winked at her, she alleged.

When the woman shouted, the accused ran away. The woman informed about it to her husband, and they lodged a police complaint.