Poonam Pandey booked for ‘indecent behaviour’
The 23 year old model on Saturday claimed she was listening to music in her car with her brother when police arrived on the scene. She was taken to the police station, booked christian louboutin replica under section 110 of the Bombay Police Act, and let off. Pandey said neither her behaviour nor her knee length dress could be called indecent.
Legal experts say there have been several instances in Mumbai in the last two years in which police have booked youngsters on flimsy grounds and fined them.
“The section needs to be looked at afresh and overhauled,” said red bottom shoes advocate Pranav Badheka.
IPS officer turned lawyer Y P Singh had said earlier that it was a magic mantra for many in the police.
The section is often used to pull up patrons of nightclubs and also gives the police powers to book a person for questioning their action.
About the Pandey case, the police christian louboutin shoes replica said she was “skimpily dressed” and waiting alone near Shivar Garden around 10.30pm. When questioned, she gave vague replies, said assistant police inspector Praful Wagh. Though he did not elaborate on the nature of her offence, the police are believed to have taken objection to her plunging neckline.
Pandey, a resident of Goregaon, told TOI she and her brother were on a long drive on the Mumbai Ahmedabad highway (Wagh said Pandey was alone at a secluded spot and had no male company). She said that when the police arrived at the place she had stopped, they warned her against playing loud music; but before leaving, they asked her to tell them her name; upon realising that she was a model, they slapped her red bottom shoes cheap with indecent behaviour charges.
“It is only after they heard my name that they thought of charging me for indecency,” said Pandey, who became famous after she promised to strip naked if the Indian cricket team won the 2011 World Cup.
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