2 juveniles sent to six-month protective custody for sodomising, attempting to murder minor Woman accuses Pak High Commission staffer of touching her inappropriately

NEW DELHI: Two juveniles have been sent to a sixmonth protective custody by the Delhi High Court for sodomising and attempting to murder a minor by inserting an iron rod into his private parts.

Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva said there was no infirmity in the view taken by the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) and a trial court, and dismissed the petitions of the two juveniles challenging the sentence of sending them to protective custody for six months for their proper rehabilitation.

According to the prosecution, the 15-year-old victim was employed in a bakery owned by the father of the two juvenile accused. In October 2014, one of the juveniles allegedly sodomised the victim and when he complained about it to the brothers of the accused, they inserted an iron rod into his private parts and also threatened to kill him.

Initially, the victim did not disclose the incident to anyone and when he was taken to a doctor, it was claimed to be an accident.

However, the doctor informed the police as he suspected foul play.

A surgery of the victim was conducted at a government hospital here and 58 days after the incident, his mother lodged a police complaint, alleging that he was sexually assaulted and the injury was caused due to the insertion of an iron rod into his private parts.

While the two juveniles were facing proceedings before the JJB, the adult accused are facing trial before a court here.

While one of the juveniles was convicted by the JJB for the offence of sodomy, the other was held guilty for attempting to murder the victim. The high court judge said, "Keeping in view the facts and circumstances as noticed above, I find no infirmity in the view taken by the JJB as well as the appellate (trial) court. I find no merit in the petitions. The petitions are accordingly dismissed."

The high court clarified that it had neither examined the evidence nor returned any finding regarding the ongoing trial of the other adult accused before the sessions court. NEW DELHI: A staffer of the Pakistan High Commission was taken to a police station here after a woman alleged that he touched her inappropriately in a market, police said Monday.

The woman and the staffer were brought to Sarojini Nagar police station on Sunday, they said.

According to the woman, the man touched her inappropriately in the Sarojini Nagar market, a claim rejected by the High Commission staffer.

He said his hand merely brushed past the woman due to the heavy crowd in the market, police said.

A senior police official said the matter was sorted out after the staffer apologised to the woman. The police also denied media reports that he was detained.

Meanwhile in Islamabad, Pakistani media quoting an unnamed Foreign Office official

According to the woman, the man touched her inappropriately in the Sarojini Nagar market

claimed that the staffer was arrested by the Indian authorities and was released after the matter was raised by Pakistan.

The reports alleged that the official was forced to sign a note before being released when the matter was taken up with the Indian side.

Pakistan strongly protested this violation of the Vienna convention on diplomatic relations and reserves the right to respond, the official was quoted as saying by the Dawn.