HARASSMENT ACCUSED TOLD TO GET RAKHI TIED

BHOPAL: The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh high court has granted bail to a man accused of sexual harassment on condition that he would visit the complainant with a box of sweets, request her to tie a Rakhi on his wrist, promise to protect her and gift her ~11,000 as part of the customs observed on Raksha Bandhan.

The court, through its order passed on Thursday, granted bail to the man on a personal bond of ~50,000 with one solvent surety of an equal amount. “The applicant along with his wife shall visit the house of the complainant with a Rakhi thread / band at 11 am on August 3 with a box of sweets and request the complainant to tie the Rakhi band to him with the promise to protect her to the best of his ability for all times to come,” a single bench of justice Rohit Arya said in the order.“the woman, a resident of Ujjain district, lodged a complaint against her neighbour on April 20 that he had barged into her house and sexually harassed her,” advocate Sudhanshu Vyas said.