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Winked at a girl? Pay Rs 3,000!
Parvathy S Nayar, TNN | Jul 18, 2012, 12.00AM IST
A court in Kerala recently fined a youth on the grounds of eve teasing for winking at a girl. Fair punishment? Celebs react...
Can a wink drag you into court proceedings for over two years and end up with being slapped a fine? Yes, if the story of V K Ilyas, a youth in Malom in Kasargod district, Kerala, is anything to go by.
The Hosdurg judicial first class court slapped a fine of Rs 3,000 on him on the grounds of eve teasing and the long arm of the law punished him with a fine for the incident that occurred on November 15, 2010, when the girl was waiting for a bus in front of the Kasaba Higher Secondary School. Now how fair or unfair is that? We asked a few M-Town celebs their take on the issue.
Actress Meghana Raj says the verdict, she hopes, would be an eye-opener to many. "I would say it's a very good step. Living in times when women can't step out into safe environs after six o'clock, this verdict comes with due importance. It might not be as serious a crime as the molestation of a girl in public in Guwahati recently. However, living in times as these, I would say that the judgment is fair enough," the actress asserts.
However, actress Saranya Mohan begs to differ. "I personally have had guys winking at me during my school and college years. And I feel as long as you can just ignore it, then so be it," she says, hastily adding, "Now that doesn't, in any way, mean that I'm not aware of the seriousness of the issue at hand, or that I'm supporting all guys who are out to trouble girls.
There are bigger crimes happening here. Can that be dealt with in equal seriousness? Will bigger penalties and punishments be given to the perpetrators of bigger crimes?" she quizzes.
Actor Rejith Menon feels that two years is a long time to have implemented a punishment. "For one, I don't think winking is a serious crime. And if it is, why has it taken two long years for the guy to be slapped a fine of Rs 3,000? In the Gulf, punishment is severe, no matter what the crime. Moreover, I don't think they take this long to punish any culprit. That explains the comparatively lesser crime rate in the Gulf," he points out.
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Rizks said
I mostly wink at some ladies ...I mostly wink at some ladies and in return i get a wink back...without any fine ..:(
Infact, in QL too we wink and dont get fined instead we get QL points....:)
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Shaktimaan said
If ...If he winked she should have tied rakhi to him
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Kunj Biharilal said
Shaktimaan ...Don't Spoil the meaning of rakhi by comparing to tharki (flirtatious) people
The longer you stay single, The longer you become a public temptation and a threat to other's relation
DaRuDe said
Rizks ...i dare you wink at me in public.
nad023 said
Sometimes it starts with ...Sometimes it starts with winking and the situation gets way out of hands before you know it in India. Its good that the law is being more strict these days.I hope they don't give this up after some time.
Rizks said
OK Da, i shall wink at ya ...OK Da, i shall wink at ya when i am asleep.
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britexpat said
Is it any different than a ...Is it any different than a wolf whistle ?
tinkerbell10 said
Yeah rite! Then ALL the guys ...Yeah rite! Then ALL the guys there need to be under Lock and Key and there arent enuff prisons in the place to do that!
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cherukkan said
There are hundreds of female ...There are hundreds of female torture cases in Kerala which are not even getting any fair attention from the public or from the police. Culprits are escaping punishments with the support of political leaders or by spending money on good lawyers and it is funny to read such a news.
mozaismyhero said
Want happens if a poor person ...Want happens if a poor person has a tick?
Good to see stupid stories come out of India and its not just Saudi, Pakistan or Iran!
britexpat said
Moza.. ...Stupidity happens all over the world :o(
Wonder if LP can wink at a lady ?
Knight Returns said
It's strange 'winking' is ...It's strange 'winking' is deemed as eve-teasing in a relatively free country like India.
Seems the poor man couldn't afford a lawyer and the girl's dad was a big shot.
Bachus said
How much money is that in ...How much money is that in dollars?
khaderbhai said
KK what about ppl having eye ...KK what about ppl having eye winking syndrome by birth they wud have to be executed as they wink whole day
Pls chk about the eye winking syndrome
http://www.google.co...
Knight Returns said
khaderbhai, that's why I said ...khaderbhai, that's why I said the guy probably couldn't afford a lawyer. This could easily have been proved to be 'drooping eyelid' syndrome..:)
INR 3000 would be close to 60 USD
snessy said
What is eve teasing?? ...What is eve teasing??
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Kunj Biharilal said
Bachus ...3000 Indian rupees = 54.31 U.S. dollars
3000 Indian rupees = 197.72 Qatar riyals
The longer you stay single, The longer you become a public temptation and a threat to other's relation
nabunabeeb said
is there any substitute for ...is there any substitute for winking...i mean its one of the best communication u knw ..wink wink***
britexpat said
snessy.. ...I had to google that too :O(
Basically It's the harrassment of women. Would you Adam and eve it ?
Kunj Biharilal said
kumkum ...u seem to be concerned abt Kerala ..
K for Kerala, K for kumkum ......
The longer you stay single, The longer you become a public temptation and a threat to other's relation
Bachus said
Cheers for the currency ...Cheers for the currency conversation. The fine doesn't sound so oppressive now. The more important issue is whether or not the lady in question was attractive enough to merit winking at. I really wish they would post pictures with these stories.