Bangladeshi man jailed for 8 years in rape case; two extra get 5 years over unlawful keep in India

A periods courtroom in Maharashtra’s Thane district has sentenced a Bangladeshi nationwide to eight years in jail after holding him responsible in a rape case.

In his order of October 24, a duplicate of which was made accessible on Friday (October 30, 2025), Additional Sessions Judge, Belapur, Parag A Sane additionally handed 5-year imprisonment to the person’s spouse and one other individual for illegally staying in India.

All three convicted people are to be deported to Bangladesh upon the completion of their sentences.

According to the prosecution, Joshim Sobur Mulla (26) was accused of raping two minor ladies trafficked from Bangladesh. Acting on a tip-off by an NGO, the police had rescued the survivors in 2017.

While the courtroom convicted Joshim for rape underneath the Indian Penal Code, it didn’t maintain him responsible underneath the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, because the prosecution couldn’t show the age of the 2 feminine survivors.

The courtroom additionally dropped expenses of human trafficking and procuring ladies for illicit intercourse towards Joshim, his spouse Murshida and one Jana Rabul Mulla.

Besides convicting Joshim within the rape case, the courtroom held that Murshid and Jana had violated the Passport and Foreigners Acts and sentenced them to five years of imprisonment.

Special Public Prosecutor Yogendra Patil stated 12 prosecution witnesses have been examined through the trial.

Five different individuals, who have been accused of being concerned in a prostitution racket that exploited the 2 Bangladeshi survivors, have been acquitted of all expenses, together with kidnapping, trafficking, and offences registered underneath POCSO.

The choose discovered the proof towards these co-accused to be “very weak in nature” and “not dependable”.