Thane, Dec 8 (PTI) A local court has convicted a 33-year-old man for assaulting and raping a waitress in 2016and sentenced him to ten years rigorous imprisonment.
Additional Sessions Judge S C Khalipe also slapped afine of Rs 15,000 on the convict Ajay Chaurasiya.
The judge in his recent order said that the fine wouldbe paid as a compensation to the victim.
Prosecutor Vandana Jadhav told the court that Chaurasiyaused to visit the ladies bar at Upavan here where the victimwas working and they knew each other.
On the intervening night of August 13 and 14, when thevictim was returning home in a car, Chaurasiya followed her onhis two-wheeler, Jadhav said.
He forcibly stopped the victim's car and later took herto a hotel, where he assaulted her with a leather belt andraped her, the court was told.
A case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code(IPC) was registered and Chaurasiya was later arrested, theprosecutor added.
Defence counsel Darmyansingh Bist contested the case andrefuted all the charges.
However, the Judge held Chaurasiya guilty under sections376 (rape), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 354(d) (stalking)and 342 (wrongful confinement) of the IPC and sentenced him toten years rigorous imprisonment. PTI COR NRBDVJMF.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.