The metropolitan magistrate court, Girgaon, recently convicted a 27-year-old labourer for sexually assaulting and injuring a woman waiting at a bus stop near Mahalaxmi in August last year, holding that the prosecution had proved the case beyond a reasonable doubt through the testimony of the survivor and corroborating medical evidence.

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate VB Gulve-Patil sentenced the  accused, Surendrakumar Ramsamuj Saroj, to one year's rigorous imprisonment under Section 74 (assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for outraging the modesty of a woman, along with an additional three months rigorous imprisonment under Section 115(2) for voluntarily causing hurt. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 5000 on Saroj. According to the prosecution, the incident took place on August 21, 2025, around 8 pm at bus stop no. 07278 on Dr E Moses Road.