Overview
- Saddam Akkach Molla was sentenced to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment in Thane for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old in 2021, with a Rs 5,000 fine payable to the victim.
- Additional Sessions Judge DS Deshmukh held that consistent survivor testimony, medical findings and documents proved the offence despite a non-matching DNA report with the foetus.
- The Thane court called the offence heinous, refused leniency and recommended the case to the Thane District Legal Services Authority for further victim compensation.
- In Latur, Judge SV Jadhav sentenced 46-year-old Govindrao Koli to three years' rigorous imprisonment and imposed a Rs 4,000 fine after convicting him of sexually assaulting a minor.
- The Latur conviction followed a 2022 complaint, with MIDC police registering POCSO and IPC charges and Special Public Prosecutor MS Mahindrakar presenting the case, supported by WPC BT Hingde.