Surat: A 39-year-old man from Vadi Faliya died when an iron sheet and a few earthen roof tiles dropped on him when he was crossing through a street in.
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SURAT: A scrap vendor on Monday was sentenced by a court in Gujarat to three years in jail for molesting a minor girl in 2018.
The additional sessions and special POCSO judge Prakashchandra Kala convicted Amrut Devijpujak under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offence (POCSO) Act and Indian Penal Code section 354A (sexual harrassment and punishment for sexual harassment) and 363 (Punishment for kidnapping) for molesting.
A complaint was lodged against Amrut Devipujak, a resident of Amroli, in 2018 with the Athwalines police station. The incident occurred on October 26, 2018 at Vadi Faliya in Surat where the scrap vendor Amrut offered Rs 10 to the girl and took her to the nearby place where he molested her and later escaped from the spot. Police had filed a chargesheet in December 2018.