{"id":56093,"date":"2019-05-06T18:50:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T13:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=56093"},"modified":"2019-05-06T18:50:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T13:20:32","slug":"rape-convict-gets-2-yr-ri-for-molesting-minor-girl-in-thane-maharashtra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rape-convict-gets-2-yr-ri-for-molesting-minor-girl-in-thane-maharashtra","title":{"rendered":"Rape convict gets 2-yr RI for molesting minor girl in Thane, Maharashtra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/2-yr-RI-for-molesting-minor.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" data-attachment-id=\"56094\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rape-convict-gets-2-yr-ri-for-molesting-minor-girl-in-thane-maharashtra\/2-yr-ri-for-molesting-minor\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/2-yr-RI-for-molesting-minor.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,168\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&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=\"2-yr RI for molesting minor\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/2-yr-RI-for-molesting-minor.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-56094\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/2-yr-RI-for-molesting-minor.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/2-yr-RI-for-molesting-minor.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/2-yr-RI-for-molesting-minor.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A 57-year-old man, earlier convicted in a rape case, has been awarded two years&#8217; rigorous imprisonment by a court in Thane district of Maharashtra for molesting a minor girl residing in his neighbourhood.<\/p>\n<p>District Judge S A Sinha in her order on Saturday pronounced Arif Ahmed Memon, a labourer, guilty under Indian Penal Code section 354-A (physical contact and advances involving unwelcome and explicit sexual overtures). The judge also imposed a fine of Rs 500 on him.<\/p>\n<p>According to the prosecution, on May 17, 2017, the accused touched the girl, then aged 12 years, inappropriately while she was sitting outside her house in a locality in Bhiwandi town here.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution also informed that the accused was in 2010 convicted by a court under IPC Section 376 (rape) and served seven years&#8217; rigorous imprisonment in that case.<\/p>\n<p>In the molestation case, the prosecution examined three witnesses &#8212; the victim, her mother and the investigating officer.<\/p>\n<p>After hearing both the sides, the judge observed that the accused was a repeat offender.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt the charges against the accused who needs to be sentenced, she said in the order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 57-year-old man, earlier convicted in a rape case, has been awarded two years&#8217; rigorous imprisonment by a court in Thane district of Maharashtra for molesting a minor girl residing in his neighbourhood. District Judge S A Sinha in her order on Saturday pronounced Arif Ahmed Memon, a labourer, guilty under Indian Penal Code section [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[44527,44525,44526],"class_list":["post-56093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-law-news","tag-2-yr-ri-for-molesting-minor","tag-district-judge-s-a-sinha","tag-district-judge-s-a-sinha-i"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rape convict gets 2-yr RI for molesting minor girl in Thane, Maharashtra - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A 57-year-old man, earlier convicted in a rape case, has been awarded two years&#039; rigorous imprisonment by a court in Thane district of Maharashtra for - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. 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