Panchayat fines man for kissing girl; She wants to marry him
The panchayat in Bihar's Ibrahimpur village asked a man to pay a compensation of ?20,000 to a girl whom he kissed twice on the cheek without her consent when she was returning home. However, the girl refused to take compensation and said, "He (the accused) has earned me much disrepute in the society and he will have to marry me."
A young man was fined Rs 20,000 by a panchayat in Bihar. When the village court learnt the man had kissed a girl twice, he was slapped with the fine.The incident took place at Ibrahimpur village under Bakhari police station in Begusarai earlier this week.According to a media report, the girl was going back home from somewhere when the young man identified as Mohammad Irshad caught her and kissed her twice on her cheek.After the kiss, which was without her consent, the girl reported the matter to her parents. The parents took the matter to the panchayat and the village court was convened.The panchayat heard both the sides, and ultimately decided that the young man would have to pay the girl a compensation of Rs 20,000 as punishment.SOCIAL STIGMAWhen the verdict was passed, the young man's family hurriedly agreed to pay the fine, but the girl refused to take compensation.The girl instead remained adamant on marrying Mohammad Irshad to dodge the "social stigma"."He [the accused] has earned me much disrepute in the society and he will have to marry me,"Gulf quoted the girl."The boy will be free after paying the fine but who will marry me? The fine is just not acceptable to me."The young man has refused to marry the girl after which the girl's family registered a case of molestation against the youth.