Mumbai: Man who hurled slipper at judge gets 2-year RI

Thane: A Navi Mumbai resident who had hurled a slipper at a judge in 2019 has been convicted by the Thane sessions court on Tuesday and has been sentenced to two-year rigorous imprisonment.
District judge P M Gupta, while convicting the accused, Ganesh Gaikwad, said that in regards to the nature of offence, ‘the accused does not deserve sympathy’.
He was pronounced guilty under Sections 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of duty) and 294 (obscene acts or words in public) and of the IPC.— Nishikant Karlikar