Masturbating in public sufficient to infer sexual intent, says Mumbai court while convicting 60-year-old man
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A special court in Mumbai convicted a 60-year-old man in a case of child sex abuse and said that masturbating in the presence of another person is sufficient to infer sexual intent of an accused.
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 playing with his private part.
The accused also showed him his private part, as per the complaint registered under the Pocso Act.
The accused's lawyer contended that he had not called the boy to the shop, nor did he go near the boy.
The court in its judgement said that it was true that the boy saw the man's act accidentally.
