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sexual assault – “……or does any other Act with sexual intent which
involves physical contact without penetration…”
He made physical contact! He took her by the hand, forced her to his private quarters (where he later locked her – talk about intent!!) and physically INTENTIONALLY touched her breasts, albeit over her clothes.
This judge is a 51 yo female. Is she sadly inclined to bow to the power of male control still?
The name ‘Outrage of a Woman’s Modesty’ is so powerful (because it is what is being done). Why then is it that the punishment of said outrage not nearly balanced with the weight of the title?
One would figure outraging a Woman’s Modesty to be an horrific act; the likes of which no one would wish upon their mother, wife, sister or daughter. Why is that act punishable by 1 year?
I am sick for the child. Sick for the young girls and women of a wonderful country that needs to right its laws on humanity. Equal rights for all humans. Our world should be outraged for the sake of all women’s modesty and show them in judicial and social reform.
That judge has perhaps lost her mind, accused can use gloves and will use condoms to prevent skin to skin contact and further will say there wasn’t any skin to skin contact, this judge has low mentality being woman and could be corrupt as well to make such judgement or she isn’t capable of being a judge of the high court, lower court’s judgement in this case is absolutely correct and should had been sustained by justice ganediwala.
sexual assault – “……or does any other Act with sexual intent which
involves physical contact without penetration…”
He made physical contact! He took her by the hand, forced her to his private quarters (where he later locked her – talk about intent!!) and physically INTENTIONALLY touched her breasts, albeit over her clothes.
This judge is a 51 yo female. Is she sadly inclined to bow to the power of male control still?
The name ‘Outrage of a Woman’s Modesty’ is so powerful (because it is what is being done). Why then is it that the punishment of said outrage not nearly balanced with the weight of the title?
One would figure outraging a Woman’s Modesty to be an horrific act; the likes of which no one would wish upon their mother, wife, sister or daughter. Why is that act punishable by 1 year?
I am sick for the child. Sick for the young girls and women of a wonderful country that needs to right its laws on humanity. Equal rights for all humans. Our world should be outraged for the sake of all women’s modesty and show them in judicial and social reform.
That judge has perhaps lost her mind, accused can use gloves and will use condoms to prevent skin to skin contact and further will say there wasn’t any skin to skin contact, this judge has low mentality being woman and could be corrupt as well to make such judgement or she isn’t capable of being a judge of the high court, lower court’s judgement in this case is absolutely correct and should had been sustained by justice ganediwala.