KSRTC conductor sentenced to five-year RI for harassing schoolgirl on bus

The Thiruvananthapuram Additional Sessions Court sentenced a KSRTC autobus conductor to 5 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually harassing a 14-year-old schoolgirl wrong a autobus successful 2023.

Judge Shibu M.P. who recovered the accused Sathyaraj, 53, of Vembayam, blameworthy of the crime, besides slapped a good of ₹25,000 connected him. According to the prosecution led by Special Public Prosecutor Ajith Prasad J.K., the incidental occurred connected August 4, 2023, nether the Aryanad constabulary presumption limits erstwhile the Class IX pupil had boarded the autobus connected her mode to school.

The conductor, attached to the Nedumangad depot, deliberately touched the miss inappropriately portion moving wrong the bus. The child, who initially assumed it to beryllium accidental, stepped aside. But, the conductor repeated the act. The pupil aboriginal informed her schoolhouse authorities, who past alerted the Aryanad police.

The tribunal observed that a autobus conductor, who is liable for ensuring the information of passengers, had grossly misused his position. The tribunal imposed the condemnation aft accepting the prosecution’s statement that the enactment was sedate and warranted the maximum imaginable punishment.

The probe was led by Sheena L., past sub-inspector of Aryanad police. The prosecution examined 13 witnesses and produced 18 documents.