New Delhi: A Delhi court, while convicting a man for stalking a girl, made an observation that stalking has become a menace which not only makes women feel unsafe and nervous to move out alone but also violates their right to life and liberty.
The court awarded him seven month and 25 days jail term which he had already undergone during the trial of the court.
“Stalking is a typical social crime which violates the right to life and liberty of the women in the metropolitan cities. A large percentage of Indian women have faced or are facing this menace. Whether it is a public transport system or public place or shopping malls or multiplexes, women find themselves vulnerable to the threat of stalking everywhere,” metropolitan magistrate Susheel Bala Dagar said.
According to the prosecution, the accused, a resident of Ashok Vihar in Delhi, had on December 12, 2013 followed the woman, who was much older than him, despite clear indications of disinterest on her part.
He had also restrained her and abused her in filthy language under the influence of liquor, the prosecution had alleged during the hearing of the case.
