Will drop case if you sweep roads:HC to molestation accused

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed four youth from Thane, who stand accused of molestation and attempt to murder, to sweep public roads every week for six months, in return for quashing police proceedings against them.

The four accused had moved the High Court seeking quashing of the case filed against them in October 2015. Police said that during the Dasara procession, the four in an inebriated state misbehaved with some women.

A division bench comprising Justice R V More and Justice V L Achiliya directed the four to sweep public roads in Thane for eight hours every Sunday for the next six months under the supervision of a police officer.