{"id":51566,"date":"2018-02-13T12:12:42","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T06:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=51566"},"modified":"2018-02-13T12:12:42","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T06:42:42","slug":"auto-rickshaw-driver-got-rigorous-imprisonment-molesting-minor-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/auto-rickshaw-driver-got-rigorous-imprisonment-molesting-minor-girls","title":{"rendered":"Auto rickshaw driver got rigorous imprisonment for molesting minor girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/minor.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" data-attachment-id=\"51438\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/minor-domestic-help-rescued-woman-judges-house-haridwar\/minor-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/minor.jpg?fit=761%2C593&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"761,593\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Rahul Kumar&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1484977830&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"minor\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/minor.jpg?fit=640%2C499&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-51438\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/minor.jpg?resize=300%2C234&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/minor.jpg?resize=300%2C234&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/minor.jpg?resize=128%2C100&amp;ssl=1 128w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/minor.jpg?w=761&amp;ssl=1 761w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A Thane court has sentenced two men to four years&#8217; rigorous imprisonment for molesting two minor girls residing in their neighbourhood.<\/p>\n<p>Additional Sessions Judge Sangita C Khalipe awarded the punishment to Shyam Hitendra Chavan (36), an auto-rickshaw driver, and Pradeep Gaikwad (28), a labourer. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 each on them.<\/p>\n<p>According to the prosecution, the two girls, aged 9 and 5, were playing near their respective houses at Sathe Nagar in Wagle Estate area of the city on April 7 last year.<\/p>\n<p>The accused, with whom the girls were familiar as they lived in the same area, arrived there in an auto-rickshaw, picked up the victims and took them to an isolated location where they molested them. The accused later dropped the girls back at their homes, the prosecution said.<\/p>\n<p>Later, the minors informed about the incident to their parents, who lodged a complaint with the local police following which the two accused were arrested.<\/p>\n<p>They were booked under IPC sections 354 (molestation) and 363 (kidnapping), and relevant provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Khalipe rejected the submission of the defence counsels.<\/p>\n<p>She observed that the prosecution proved the accused forcibly took the two girls in the auto-rickshaw with an intention to kidnap them while they were playing.<\/p>\n<p>They lured the girls with an offer of ice creams and molested them, the judge said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Considering the nature of the offence, I do not find any mitigating circumstance for a lenient view,&#8221; she said in her order last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Thane court has sentenced two men to four years&#8217; rigorous imprisonment for molesting two minor girls residing in their neighbourhood. 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