Man peeps on girl while she was bathing, sentenced to this many years in jail

Mendipathar: A man was sentenced to one-year imprisonment by a court in Meghalaya’s North Garo Hills district for peeping into the bathroom while a girl was having a bath, officials said Friday.

The incident had happened in December 2019, they said.

The man was charged under IPC section 354C, which deals with voyeurism, besides the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, they added.

The POCSO court of Judge B Joshi sentenced him to one year in jail and imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on him.

The court noted that such acts are a serious violation of privacy and will be dealt with firmly under the law.

PTI

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