Overview

• Narendra Sagvekar, 54, was found guilty of kissing and inappropriately touching an RBL Bank deputy manager who visited his Mumbai home for an address verification on November 27, 2020.
• Metropolitan Magistrate BN Chikne handed him a one-year rigorous imprisonment term and fined him ₹1,000, explicitly denying any probation on grounds of moral turpitude.
• The court deemed the victim’s sole testimony credible despite the absence of eyewitnesses and dismissed defence claims of a false complaint tied to rejected savings-plan suggestions.
• The verdict underscores judicial reliance on lone-witness testimony in closed-room offences and accepts the delay in reporting as a result of fear of social stigma.
• Sagvekar remains free on bail pending appeal and the case raises questions about safety protocols for women on unsupervised bank field assignments.