New Delhi, November 15: A Delhi court has directed a retired school teacher to pay a compensation of Rs one lakh to a student for parading him naked for taking bath in a water tank in the school premises 12 years ago.
Additional Sessions Judge Pratibha Rani ordered release of convict P C Gupta (65) on probation of good conduct for two years, allowing his appeal against one year jail term and a fine of Rs 2,500 awarded to him by a Metropolitan Magistrate.
“I do not find any special reason for not granting probation to the appellant (Gupta) especially when he has faced the agony of trial for 12 years and is no more in service so as to be in a position to repeat the offence,” the court said.
–PTI