Overview
- Special POCSO judge N K Karande on March 11 convicted Sandesh Ganpat Kharpade for assaulting a six-year-old in Palghar in 2018, imposing life imprisonment and a Rs 5,000 fine.
- The court termed the crime heinous and relied on the child’s credible account and medical findings, rejecting defence claims of fabrication and injury from a fall.
- In Beed city, police detained a 16-year-old accused of luring a six-year-old with fruit and assaulting her at his home on Monday evening.
- The girl reported the incident to her mother, a complaint was filed at Pethbeed police on Tuesday, and the juvenile was booked under POCSO and sent to a remand home as the probe continues.
- In a separate Beed case reported last week, police arrested a suspect after a minor was abducted from her home, raped, and found unconscious at a village community centre, with investigation ongoing.