Mumbai: The sessions court has sentenced a resident of Borivali, Sagar Paresh Gosaliya, to two years of simple imprisonment for dragging a police constable nearly 100ft with his motorcycle in 2015. Additional sessions judge KR Deshpande (Dindoshi court) found the accused, Sagar Gosaliya, guilty of offences under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty).

In the detailed order available on Friday, the court ruled that the accused dragged the constable by “breaking the command”, caused simple injuries to him and thereby deterred him from discharging his duty. “I find that the provisions of both these sections are very well drawn in this case,” t

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