1996 Conviction For Sexual Harassment
A senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) female officer named Rupan Deol Bajaj filed a complaint against Gill for, in 1988, "patting" her "posterior" at a party where he was alleged to be drunk. In August 1996, Gill was convicted under Section 354 (outraging the modesty of a woman) and Section 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult a lady), generally summarized as sexual harassment. Gill was sentenced to pay a fine of Rs 2 lakh, be imprisoned rigorously for 3 months and simply for 2 months, and finally to serve 3 years of probation. After final appeals before the Supreme Court in July 2005, the conviction was upheld, and the jail sentences were reduced to probation. The victim had declined to accept the monetary compensation, and the court ordered that it be donated to women's organizations.
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