Rajpal Singh was earlier convicted on May 16 after a 13-day trial.
Former yoga instructor Rajpal Singh was sentenced to 23 months’ jail and four strokes of the cane on Aug 30.
Before handing down the sentence, District Judge Sharmila Sripathy-Shanaz said that Singh had abused the trust placed in him by the three women, whom she referred to as Ms C, Ms V and Ms R.The judge said that Ms C has been receiving therapy from a counsellor, adding: “ testified that she had regarded yoga classes as ‘a safe space’ and had not expected to have been violated during a yoga class by a teacher who was in a position of authority in the room.
Ms C, who was 24 at the time, attended Singh’s class from 4.30pm to 5.30pm on July 11, 2020. A closed-circuit television camera recorded the session, and its footage was admitted as an exhibit during the trial. During the trial, she stated that she saw Singh as a properly trained instructor who should have known how to appropriately adjust students’ poses.The court heard that initially she had a strong desire to ignore the incident, but she spoke to Ms C and finally alerted the police on Aug 29, 2020.
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