Additional Sessions Judge VK Shewale also imposed a penalty of Rs 20,000 each on the convicts — Samunder Singh Mahipal Singh (30), a native of Rajasthan, and Rajnishkumar Sureshchandra Kumar (25), who hails from UP. At the time of incident, they were posted in Pune.

The incident took place between 8.30 pm and 9.30 pm on April 7, 2010 at the open army plot near Pimple Saudagar in Sangvi. The victim, then 19, and her 24-year-old boyfriend were chatting on the bridge near Swaraj Garden Hotel in the area the latter’s bike had run out of petrol. At this time the two jawans accosted them ‘for trespassing in army territory’.