MELAKA: A 19-year-old polytechnic student has found himself in the dock for leaving love bites on a 15-year-old girl, considered as sexual offences against a minor on account of her age.
The student was slapped with two charges at the Sessions Court here on Tuesday (June 28), both framed under Section 14(a) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017, which carries a jail term up to 20 years and whipping upon conviction.
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