Bhiwandi: A Maharashtra court has sentenced a 37-year-old man to three years' rigorous imprisonment for molesting a minor girl. Special POCSO court judge, G P Shirsat in his order on Tuesday also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on the accused.

On March 7, 2016, when the 10-year-old girl was participating in a kabaddi match at Kalher village in Bhiwandi tehsil, the accused, a resident of the same village, called her to an isolated place near the match venue and touched her inappropriately, the prosecution told the court.