Chandigarh, Oct 1 :A 30-year-old man jumped from the second floor of a house to escape after molesting a woman but only landed in a hospital bed with paralysed legs, police said here Thursday.

According to police, Harpreet Singh, an engineer, had entered the woman's home in Sector 56 late Tuesday night and allegedly attempted to molest her. She raised an alarm.

Singh ran and jumped from the second floor only to fall on a car.

"We immediately shifted him to the government hospital and the doctors there referred him to the PGIMER (Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research). He has suffered multiple injuries on his spinal cord and his legs have been paralysed," said a police official.

"He was in an inebriated condition at the time of the incident," added the official.

Singh told police that he knew the woman and had come there to discuss some matter with her, according to the official.

The complainant is the mother of a six-year-old boy. (ians)