Shiney sentenced for seven years punishment

MUMBAI: A fast track sessions court on Wednesday sentenced a seven years rigorous imprisonment to Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja for raping his maid despite the victim turning hostile during the trial.

Judge P M Chouhan relied mainly upon the FIR in the case, while convicting the accused, Shiney’s lawyer Srikant Shivade told reporters who were not allowed in the court as the trial was held in-camera.

As the judge felt that she had given false evidence, the court has also not accepted the maid’s evidence in the court that she was not raped.

Shiney was accompanied by his wife Anupam in the court when the judgement was delivered. There were tears in his eyes when the judge pronounced the order, said police.

In September last year, the maid had backtracked from her allegations that Shiney had raped her at his residence in Mumbai and said the incident had never occurred.

Shiney, in his defence, had argued that he was falsely implicated. The police, in a 109-page chargesheet, had charged Shiney with rape and wrongfully confining the victim declaring her hostile.