Overview
- Additional Sessions Judge S. M. Agarkar at the Dindoshi Sessions Court found the accused guilty under IPC sections 376 and 394.
- The sentence includes 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment for rape and 7 years for robbery, with fines and an extra month in jail if fines are not paid.
- Prosecutors said the driver lured the woman from Borivali to a secluded area near Virar, threatened her at knifepoint, robbed her, and sexually assaulted her.
- The court accepted the survivor’s testimony despite missing prescribed-form medical papers, noting she was hospitalized for 11 days and that FIR charges were later expanded to include rape.
- The judge directed the Mumbai DLSA to assess compensation for the survivor, and Mumbai Police highlighted the verdict in a post emphasizing zero tolerance for crimes against women and children.