After claiming that “unzipping” was not for the aim of any “sexual desire”, Shankar Mishra, accused of urinating on an aged feminine co-passenger, whereas in a drunken state, on a New York-New Delhi flight final November, instructed the courtroom on Friday that it was the lady who peed on her personal seat.

Mishra*s declare got here after a classes courtroom issued discover on an utility by the Delhi Police requesting his custody.

“I*m not the accused. There must be someone else who peed or it must be her who urinated,” he instructed the courtroom.

He additional claimed that the lady was affected by some prostate-related illness.

Moreover, he mentioned that “the seating system was such that no one could go to her seat”.

“Her seat was such that it could only be accessed from behind and in any case, the urine could not reach the seat*s front area. Also, the person sitting behind the complainant did not make any such complaint,” he mentioned.

On January 11, Mishra*s counsel contended that his actions, whereas obscene, weren’t supposed to sexually harass the sufferer.

Metropolitan Magistrate, Patiala House courts, Komal Garg, who had reserved the decision earlier, denied Mishra*s bail plea, saying that the alleged act of accused of relieving himself upon the complainant is “utterly disgusting and repulsive” and the act itself is adequate to outrage the modesty of a lady.

As Mishra had failed to hitch the investigation even after discover beneath part 41A CrPC being issued to him, his conduct “does not inspire any confidence”, the courtroom had noticed.

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Accused*s counsel Manu Sharma had argued that Mishra had not made any makes an attempt to run away from the inquiry course of by Air India whereas questioning the necessity for the issuance of a non-bailable warrant (NBW) within the case.

On January 7, the courtroom despatched Mishra to 14 days judicial custody.

The courtroom had mentioned: “The egregious conduct of the accused has shocked the civic consciousness and needs to be deprecated.”

The courtroom had additionally famous that the accused was voluntarily drunk and had consumed alcohol in the course of the evening and the mentioned reality has not been denied by him.

“It has also come on record that accused has tried contacting the victim and the possibility of accused influencing the witnesses cannot be ruled out. Further, as per the report of IO, the other witnesses are yet to be interrogated and the investigation is at a very initial stage,” the courtroom had mentioned.

Mishra has been booked beneath Sections 510 (misconduct in public by a drunken individual), 509 (insulting the modesty of a lady), 294 (sings, recites or utters any obscene tune, ballad or phrases, in or close to any public place), and 354 (meaning to outrage modesty) of the Indian Penal Code in addition to a bit of the Aircraft Rules Act in a case registered on the IGI Airport police station.

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