Groping 12-Year-Old Girl Without 'Skin-To-Skin Contact' Not Sexual Assault, Says Bizarre Court Ruling
Groping 12-Year-Old Girl Without ‘Skin-To-Skin Contact’ Not Sexual Assault, Says Bizarre Court Ruling KEY POINTS Man accused of taking the 12-year-old to his house and pressing her breasts The ruling sparked anger, lawyers say it will set a wrong precedent A judge in India courted controversy by ruling that groping a minor girl did not amount to sexual assault if she remained clothed. The highest court in the Indian state of Maharashtra reduced the jail time awarded to a 39-year-old man because the judge thought a stringent law designed to check the rising tide of sexual crimes again...