Almost two-and-a-half years after 44-year-old Jamal Basheer Shaikh was arrested for raping his 17-year-old relative multiple times and impregnating her, the sessions court sentenced him to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) on Monday. The accused was arrested in August 2016 after the survivor's mother filed a complaint and a case was registered at Bandra court under POCSO Act.

Assistant public prosecutor Iqbal Solkar had sought death sentence for the accused but Additional Sessions Judge, Greater Mumbai, D S Deshmukh awarded him 10 years of RI.