Akola: Additional district and sessions court in Akot has sentenced a 38-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping an 82-year-old woman at her residence in Akola district in Dec 2023. Additional district and sessions judge B M Patil also imposed a total fine of Rs71,000 on the accused, Shailesh Arun Waghode, a resident of Patsul village in Akot taluka.
The prosecution said that Waghode allegedly entered the elderly woman’s house and assaulted her. The court directed that the fine amount be paid to the survivor as compensation after the appeal period expires. He allegedly banged her head against a wall before sexually assaulting her.
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