Lawyer sentenced to three years’ imprisonment in sexual harassment case

A tribunal in Dhaka has sentenced a Dhaka Bar Association lawyer, Mobarak Hossain Mohon, to three years in prison in a case filed over the sexual harassment of a woman in the capital’s Wari area.

Judge Muntasir Ahmed of the Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 pronounced the verdict on Thursday.

The court also fined him Tk5,000, sentencing him to one more month of simple imprisonment in default of payment.

Public prosecutor Shahina Akter confirmed the information, saying Mobarak appeared before the court before the verdict was announced. He was later sent to jail under a conviction warrant.

According to the case statement, Mobarak is the husband of the victim’s cousin-in-law. They lived in separate rooms in the same house in the Bhajohari Saha Street area of Wari.

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The accused allegedly made inappropriate proposals and gestures towards the woman on several occasions. She informed her husband about the matter, but he did not disclose it to anyone else for fear of social embarrassment.

On 20 August 2017, at around 8:45pm, Mobarak allegedly grabbed the woman from behind beside the kitchen of the house and sexually harassed her.

Later, the woman filed a case with Wari police station on the same day. Police submitted a charge sheet against the accused on 30 September 2017.

The tribunal framed charges against him on 1 April 2019 and commenced the trial. During the trial, the court recorded the testimony of 12 of the 16 witnesses.