The case was registered against the convict, Sameer Jadhav, on January 27, 2022 and the conviction verdict was pronounced by the Judicial Magistrate SJ Dolare on January 29, in 2022.
The court noted that the accused had tried to threaten the complainant and a witness in the case in a manner so grievous that the complainant could not sleep the whole night.
From this, the Magistrate concluded that defence grounds were not sufficient to grant leniency. “…correct message should be sent to the society that such offences will not be weighed lightly and the wrongdoer will be punished severely,” the judge emphasized in his verdict.
In the 20-page judgment recording reasons for conviction, the Court remarked that the “act (of outraging modesty of women) is increasing day by day in the society and shall be curbed at its threshold, otherwise it will result in nipping young life in bud”.
Source: Barandbench
