“Masturbating In Public Infers Sexual Intent”: Court Convicts 60-Year-Old
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There is a very adverse impact of the incident on the victim, the court said. (Representational)Mumbai: Masturbating in the presence of another person is sufficient to infer sexual intent of an accused, a special court in Mumbai has said while convicting a 60-year-old man in a case of child sex abuse.Special judge for Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act cases Priya Bankar found the accused guilty on August 29 and sentenced him to one-year imprisonment.The order became available on Thursday.The prosecution's case was that when the victim, a four-year-old boy, went to the tailoring shop of the accused near his house, he saw the accused touching his private part.The accused also showed him his private part, as per the complaint registered under the POCSO Act.Th...