Waiting for kin to lodge abetment complaint: Cops

were curbed. I was not allowed to represent,” the student leader said, adding, “Apart from being an indigenous tribal person, I am also queer. (The incident made me feel that) my queerness was not allowed to represent or rather I was not allowed to because of my queerness.”

A professor responded saying that TISS is known for its inclusive nature and that authorities would look into any incidents of alleged discrimination.

Thane: A special court in the state has convicted a 20-year-old man under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POSCO) Act for raping a 14-year-old girl in 2018 and sentenced him to rigorous imprisonment for seven years. Judge V V Virkar, of a special court on Tuesday imposed a fine of Rs6,000 on the convict.

Thane (PTI): A man who was arrested a year ago for his alleged involvement in a lynching case in the state’s Thane district has been granted bail on the ground that the chargesheet has been filed and he has no criminal antecedents.

Additional Sessions

Judge PM Gupta, in his order of Tuesday, granting bail to the accused Altaf Badshah directed that he should be released after furnishing a bond of Rs50,000.

On March 15 last year, a group of people severely beat a boy in the Bhiwandi area accusing him of theft. The boy died of the injuries sustained during the beating. like that,” Permey, said, adding that it was not okay for the institute to curb what students wear.

The court noted that the accused has no criminal antecedents and that a co-accused in the case has already been granted bail.

Since the investigation is complete and the chargesheet has been filed, his further custody is not required, said the judge.

“I really felt violated and humiliated. My right and my freedom

TISS is perhaps the only institution in the country with a genderneutral hostel. TISS is known for its inclusive nature with all supportive mechanisms in place for students of all genders and identities to co-exist, the professor said.

Permey has also expressed incredulity that such an incident occurred on the TISS campus.

The incident occurred in Navi Mumbai on July 19, 2018, when the accused lured the girl, a student of class 9, out of her house under some pretext and raped her, the prosecution told the court.

A case was registered at Vashi police station under POCSO Act and Indian Penal Code.

"The prosecution has proved the charges against the accused beyond reasonable doubt for which he needs to be convicted and sentenced," the judge noted in the order.

First India Bureau Mumbai: Police have begun the process to register an FIR (First Information Report) in an abetment case in the alleged suicide of Darshan Solanki, at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, officials said on Wednesday. However, they are still waiting for Solanki’s family to lodge a formal police complaint against his hostel mate who was named in his “suicide note”.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) looking into Solanki’s death on Monday said a note, mentioning the name of an engineering student who lived on the same floor of the hostel, was recovered on March 03 from the room of the deceased.

Police are analysing the handwriting in the alleged suicide note by comparing it with Solanki’s handwriting,

Solanki’s family has previously expressed suspicions of foul play. FILE PHOTO the official said. “Police are seeking answer papers or some other documents submitted by the deceased in his handwriting to IIT Bombay,” he added. Solanki, a first-year student of the B Tech (Chemical) course, allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the seventh floor of a hostel building located on the campus on February 12. His family had claimed he faced discrimination at the IITB for belonging to a Scheduled Caste community and suspected foul play in his death.

Tolls on Mumbai-Pune Expressway to rise 18% from Sat

First India Bureau Mumbai: The roughly 1.5 lakh vehicles that traverse the country’s first access-controlled road will now have to shell out more for the privilege, with tolls on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway rising 18% from April 01.

According to a senior official of the Maharashtra State Road De- velopment Corporation (MSRDC), the toll increases by 6% annually but it is implemented cumulatively at 18% after every three years, in keeping with a government notification from August 09, 2004.

The toll will not be revised in 2026, meaning the new rates will remain in place until 2030, the official added. About 95km long, the

Toll increases by 6 percent annually, it is implemented cumulatively at 18% after every three years six-lane Mumbai-Pune Expressway was fully operationalized in 2002. Toll is collected at five toll plazas.