Ahmedabad: Bodakdev police have added three more sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) against Mohsinh Hussain Rangrez in Sindhu Bhavan spa woman assault case. Bodakdev police inspector submitted a report in Ahmedabad rural court and informed that IPC sections 354, 354B and 509 were added against Mohsin in this case. During the primary investigation, police have found that Mohsin was booked in four different crime cases in the past in Narol, Danilimda, Vastrapur etc police stations. A local court sent Mohsin on one-day remand (Police custody).

Disturbing CCTV footage shows spa owner beating a woman in Ahmedabadhttps://t.co/0XQNqeJgwZ pic.twitter.com/sXlyNKlnD1

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On the complaint given by the victim, Bodakdev police earlier booked one Mohsin under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 354A, 294(b), 323. The incident happened on 25 September. But came to light little late after CCTV footage of assault surfaced. Police then started suo motu action and convinced the victim woman to file an FIR after counseling. The victim woman stated that she was a partner with Mohsin in this ladies’ salone and the fight between the two happened over scolding a girl and a loss of Rs. 4,000 to Rs. 5,000. The victim woman was not ready to file a complaint initially. However, the police convinced her to file a complaint through counseling. The woman thanked the police and media for their support.

Section 354 in The Indian Penal Code:
354. Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty.—Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any woman, intending to outrage or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby outrage her modesty, shall be punished with impris­onment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.

Section 354B: Any man who assaults or uses criminal force to any woman or abets such act with the intention of disrobing1 or compelling her to be naked, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than three years but which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Section 509 in The Indian Penal Code: Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman.—Whoever, intending to insult the modesty of any woman, utters any word, makes any sound or gesture, or exhibits any object, intending that such word or sound shall be heard, or that such gesture or object shall be seen, by such woman, or intrudes upon the privacy of such woman, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.

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