‘Slipped and fell’ on saleswoman, then kissed her twice: Mumbai man gets 1-year jail

MUMBAI: Ruling that a natural reaction to a fall does not involve kissing the victim, a sessions court convicted and sentenced to one year rigorous imprisonment a 34-year-old cleaner who claimed he ac­cidentally “slipped and fe­ll” onto a saleswoman at a Borivli (W) mall be­fore forcibly kissing her twice last year.In a trial that lasted only 2 months, dismissing the defence, the court found Ritesh Armulla guilty of using criminal force and making unwelcome physical contact with explicit sexual overtures.“Even for the sake of arg­ument, if it is considered a pe­r­son slipped and fell on an­ot­h­er person, the natural re­ac­ti­on would be different fr­om the person kissing the person on whom he fell,” judge said.‘Enough proof that act was intentional’The offences are covered under Sections 74, assault or use of criminal force against a woman with intent to outrage, or knowing it is likely to outrage, her modesty, and 75,…