Maha: Man gets 3-yr RI for molesting teenaged girl
A court here in Maharashtra hasawarded three-year rigorous imprisonment to a 40-year-old man for molesting a teenage girl in 2017, observing it is an "offence against society at large".
Special (POCSO) court judge R V Tamhanekar in his order last week, said leniency in such cases would send a wrong message to society.
While pronouncing the sentence, he also imposed a fine of Rs 6,000 on the accused, Kalamuddin Mohammad Nasir Khan, who used to run a shop at Digha village in Navi Mumbai.
According to the prosecution, the accused and the 13- year-old girl were residents of the same area.
Prior to the incident, the accused had stalked the Class 5 girl on a couple of occasions and was reprimanded by her parents.
On June 23, 2017, the girl went to a public toilet, but came out crying and in a state of shock.
On being questioned by her parents, she said the accused followed her inside the toilet and molested her.
She also said that the accused threatened to harm her parents if she ...