Youth jailed for molesting girl, asked to be given medical aid

"The Superintendent Jail shall also take immediate steps to ensure that the convict is provided the necessary medical / psychiatric help (preferably from a specialised institution ie, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences for his stalking behaviour)...," Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Kamini Lau said.

The order came in a case in which Delhi-based Mukesh, 22, was held guilty of molesting the girl and stalking her and giving crank calls to her and her family members this year.

According to the police, Mukesh had barged into the house of the girl, known to her, and injured her by tying her with wires after which the girl's family lodged a complaint with the police. The family earlier had filed two complaints with similar allegations.

The court, while sentencing the convict, also stressed on the need for enacting a separate law in India relating to the offence of stalking where the offender follows, harasses or threatens the girl after rejection by her in a relationship.