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Mumbai: Man sentenced to 1.5 yrs jail for calling girl ‘item’
The Siasat | 25/10/2022 05:32 PM | Click to read full article
A POCSO court in Mumbai on Monday sentenced a man to 1.5 years for addressing a girl as “item”. In his ruling, judge SJ Ansari observed that referring to a girl as an item “reflects the sexual intent” of the accused. [
It is to be noted that the victim stated to the POCSO court only in July this year and not in 2015.
