-1751369611557_d.png "'I Love You' not sexual intent, rules Bombay High Court in molestation case")
The Bombay High Court's Nagpur bench recently acquitted a 35-year-old man accused of molesting a teenage girl, ruling that simply saying "I love you" doesn't inherently imply sexual intent. Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke stated that a sexual act requires more, such as inappropriate touching or gestures intended to insult a woman's modesty
01 July,2025 05:54 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Additional special judge A N Sirsikar convicted the accused of charges under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code but dismissed charges under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOC Act) and Arms Act
21 June,2025 06:38 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
Navghar police in Palghar register FIR against seven from Vijayawada after victims were promised railway jobs through forged documents; the complainant, a 46-year-old librarian at a Mumbai-based college and a resident of Bhayandar East, originally hails from Andhra Pradesh
12 May,2025 08:22 AM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah Khan
The prosecution alleged that on the intervening night of December 30 and 31, 2015, Parmar set ablaze Shukila Babalu Shaikh (18), Taniya Bahadur Singh, and their 13-month-old son Jaydev Bahadur Singh in their residence at Mira Road (east)
10 May,2025 01:25 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondentADVERTISEMENT
