50-year-old gets 3 years for flashing minor in a speedy, 23-day trial

In a speedy trial that lasted less than a month and took only seven court dates despite impediments caused by the pandemic, a special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act court this week convicted and sentenced a 50-year-old unemployed man to three years’ rigorous imprisonment for flashing his private parts at his 13-year-old neighbour in October 2020. The accused was previously accused of molesting his daughter too, but was acquitted as she turned hostile in court.