<p>A court in Maharashtra's <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/thane-court-acquits-6-men-booked-under-mcoca-for-extortion-assault-cites-lack-of-evidence-lapses-23458051" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Thane district</a> has sentenced a 50-year-old man to one-year imprisonment for beating up an on-duty policeman in Navi Mumbai in 2015, reported news agency PTI.</p>
<p>Additional Sessions Judge K R Deshpande, in the order, passed on Monday, also imposed a fine of Rs 4,500 on the accused, Shailendra Mahendra Singh, belonging to Nerul in Navi Mumbai.</p>
<p>Additional Public Prosecutor E B Dhamal told <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/murder-accused-throws-slipper-at-judge-in-thane-court-booked--23452096" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">the court</a> that on April 25, 2015, Anagha Vivek Kale, who is the complainant in the case, and her friends were proceeding in a car for some work, reported PTI.</p>
<p>The accused, who was riding a motorbike, came in front of their car, and waylaid and abused them.</p>
<p>The woman then contacted police and called for assistance.</p>
<p>Assistant Police Inspector (API) Sachin Hire later arrived at the spot with his team. The accused abused them also, threatened them with dire consequences and manhandled the API, reported PTI.</p>
<p>The other <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/thane-court-acquits-10-accused-in-2016-murder-case-after-investigation-flaws-23452144" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">police personnel</a> then overpowered the accused. He was arrested and later granted bail.</p>
<p>The accused was booked under Indian Penal Code sections 353 (assault or use of criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty), 341 (wrongful restraint), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 509 (uttering any word or making any gesture intended to insult the modesty of a woman), reported PTI.</p>
<p>The judge noted the prosecution had successfully proved all the charges against the accused, and sentenced him to varying terms of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/thane-court-acquits-four-persons-in-2014-murder-case-23388930" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">imprisonment</a> under different legal provisions, the maximum being one year, reported PTI.</p>
<p>All the sentences are to run concurrently, the court said.</p>
<p>It also directed that after the realisation of the fine amount from the accused, Rs 3,000 be given to the complainant woman and Rs 1,000 to the API.</p>
<p>A total of five witnesses were examined to prove the charges against the accused, prosecutor Dhamal said.</p>
<p><strong>(With inputs from PTI)</strong></p><p>
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