Thane – A court in Maharashtra’s Thane district sentenced a 75-year-old man to three years of rigorous imprisonment for molesting two minor girls in a housing complex.

Special Judge Ruby U Malvankar convicted the accused, Pratapmal Hansraj Kothari, of charges under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and section 354 (assaulting or using criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the Indian Penal Code.

A copy of the order dated October 1 was made available on Saturday.

Special public prosecutor Varsha Chandane informed the court that the accused had molested a 12-year-old girl, who was visiting the complex during her Diwali vacations in 2020. The child informed her mother, following which a case was registered, and during a probe, the police

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