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High Court upholds teacher's jail term for assaulting minor student
A judge in a court in New Delhi made an important decision about a school teacher.
The teacher taught drawing and was found to have hurt a young girl student who was 12 years old.
This happened at school, more than once.
The judge decided the teacher must go to jail for five years and pay a small fine.
The judge said a teacher has a very special, trusted job, and hurting a child is a very serious thing.
The court also said the school principal did something wrong too, because the principal told the girl not to tell her parents about what happened.
The judge said children should never be made to feel they did something wrong by speaking up.
Schools should teach children about their rights and encourage them to talk about anything that makes them scared or uncomfortable.
This decision shows that adults must always keep children safe.
The Delhi High Court upheld the five-year imprisonment of a school drawing teacher convicted of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl student.
The teacher was convicted under the POCSO Act for aggravated sexual assault and under the Indian Penal Code for outraging a woman's modesty and sexual harassment.
An FIR against the teacher was lodged in August 2016, and the trial court sentenced him to five years in jail along with a Rs 2,000 fine.
The court called 'disturbing' the conduct of the co-accused school principal, who allegedly told the child not to disclose the matter to her parents.
The court said educational institutions must ensure children are made aware of their rights and encouraged to speak about any conduct causing fear, discomfort or insecurity.
- Who
- The Delhi High Court, presided over by Justice Madhu Jain, upheld the conviction of a drawing teacher who sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl student; a school principal was named as a co-accused.
- What
- The court upheld the teacher's five-year jail sentence and Rs 2,000 fine for sexually assaulting a minor student.
- Where
- The judgment was delivered by the Delhi High Court in New Delhi; the offences took place in the school premises.
- When
- The FIR was lodged in August 2016, and the judgment was passed on Wednesday.
- Why
- The teacher abused the sacred trust of the teacher-student relationship, and the court stressed that children must be encouraged to speak about conduct causing them fear or insecurity.
Key facts
- Court
- Delhi High Court
- Judge
- Justice Madhu Jain
- Convicted offender
- School drawing teacher
- Victim
- 12-year-old girl student
- Sentence upheld
- Five years imprisonment and Rs 2,000 fine
- Offences
- Aggravated sexual assault under POCSO Act; outraging modesty and sexual harassment under IPC
- FIR lodged
- August 2016
- Incident location
- School premises
Quotes
Justice Madhu Jain
Delhi High Court judge
“"The abuse of such a position, particularly against a young girl of an age comparable to that of the teacher’s own daughter, is a matter of grave concern and cannot be treated as a mere breach of discipline or propriety."”
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