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THANE: The sessions court convicted a 33-year-old man from Ghansoli for abetting the suicide of a 17-year-old girl and sentenced him to four years of rigorous imprisonment. The judge also fined the accused an amount of Rs 4,000. The accused is a married man and the deceased was his neighbour.
Judge G P Shirsat, at the special court trying cases of SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, held the accused Nitin Madhavi, guilty of the offences punishable under the provisions of Atrocities Act and under Pocso Act.
Prosecutor Sanjay Londhe told the court that the victim was only 17 years old and lived close to the accused who used to stalk her. He also made advances to the victim and harassed her by saying he wanted a sexuon December 29, 2016, the victim hanged herself from the ceiling of her room.
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A special court in Maharashtra s Thane district has sentenced a man to four years of rigorous imprisonment for abetting the suicide of a 17-year-old girl in 2016.
In the order issued recently, special court judge G P Shirsat convicted 33-year-old Nitin Madhavi, a resident of Ghansoli in Navi Mumbai, and awarded the sentence.
The court also slapped a fine of Rs 4,000 on him.
District government pleader and public prosecutor Sanjay Londhe told the court that the accused and the victim resided in the same locality.
Madhavi used to make sexual advances on the girl, who belonged to a Scheduled Caste. He used to call her frequently.