India, March 18 -- Within 48 hours of allegedly molesting a woman, a man was booked, arrested, and convicted by the fast-track court after he accepted the charges against him.

According to the complaint, on March 11, a woman visiting the Kanakeshwar Temple was allegedly stopped and molested by Haresh Mahadev Patil, a labourer who resided in the Narangi village, Alibag taluka . The victim filed a complaint with the Mandwa Coastal Police, who registered a case against Patil under sections 74 (assaulting a woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 48 (2) (stalking), and 79 (word, gesture, or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

"Following the arrest, the chargesheet was filed on March 12 and...