<p>A court here sentenced a Delhi traffic constable to two years of imprisonment for molesting a woman in 2010.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The cop was expected to enforce the law and not to flout it and hence deserved no leniency, the court said. District Judge H S Sharma sentenced constable Manoj and his friend Sudhir to imprisonment for two years and one year respectively and also imposed a fine of Rs 13,000 and Rs 2,000 on them. <br /><br />"One can imagine the plight of such a helpless victim at the hands of a person who is none other than a police official," the court said. Manoj was accused of outraging the modesty of a woman, working with a private insurance company, after befriending her on pretext of getting his insurance done by her, police said.<br /><br />The police said the victim met Manoj in April 2010 near India Gate and they had a conversation regarding insurance work and exchanged their mobile numbers. Manoj called the woman and insisted her to meet him regarding an insurance work. Manoj along with Sudhir came in a car in the evening to meet the woman and took her to a distant place and molested her, the police added.<br /><br />Falsely implicated <br />During the trial, the accused said they were falsely implicated in the case as they had refused to take an insurance policy from the woman. <br /><br />The court refused to show leniency towards the accused and said they should be given deterrent punishment.<br /><br />"Deterrent punishment, at times in the circumstances of a particular case, acts as an eye opener for the potential offenders," the district judge said. The court said people trust police as they are a disciplined force and adhere to the law. But in this case, Manoj had shattered the confidence of the victim, the court said.<br /></p>
<p>A court here sentenced a Delhi traffic constable to two years of imprisonment for molesting a woman in 2010.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The cop was expected to enforce the law and not to flout it and hence deserved no leniency, the court said. District Judge H S Sharma sentenced constable Manoj and his friend Sudhir to imprisonment for two years and one year respectively and also imposed a fine of Rs 13,000 and Rs 2,000 on them. <br /><br />"One can imagine the plight of such a helpless victim at the hands of a person who is none other than a police official," the court said. Manoj was accused of outraging the modesty of a woman, working with a private insurance company, after befriending her on pretext of getting his insurance done by her, police said.<br /><br />The police said the victim met Manoj in April 2010 near India Gate and they had a conversation regarding insurance work and exchanged their mobile numbers. Manoj called the woman and insisted her to meet him regarding an insurance work. Manoj along with Sudhir came in a car in the evening to meet the woman and took her to a distant place and molested her, the police added.<br /><br />Falsely implicated <br />During the trial, the accused said they were falsely implicated in the case as they had refused to take an insurance policy from the woman. <br /><br />The court refused to show leniency towards the accused and said they should be given deterrent punishment.<br /><br />"Deterrent punishment, at times in the circumstances of a particular case, acts as an eye opener for the potential offenders," the district judge said. The court said people trust police as they are a disciplined force and adhere to the law. But in this case, Manoj had shattered the confidence of the victim, the court said.<br /></p>