Summary:
When Sandeep questioned them, they started arguing with him and later thrashed him in full public view.The accused attacked Sandeep with a brick. He received multiple injuries, Sandeep alleged in his complaint. When he came out of the shop, the 12 men were standing in the parking area and consuming alcohol near his car.As Sandeep, his wife and niece were walking towards his car, one out of the 12 men allegedly passed obscene comments at his wife and niece. PANCHKULA: A group of 12 youths drinking openly at a parking lot in Sector 25 market thrashed a 33-year-old man after he objected to them passing lewd remarks at his wife and niece.Sandeep Singh, 33, a resident of Police Lines, Panchkula, said they had gone to a store in the market to purchase some household goods around 7.30pm. The accused later fled.Police registered a case under Sections 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) and 354 ( assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the IPC..