Shiney Ahuja gets 7-yr jail in rape case

Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja was today sentenced to seven years' rigorous imprisonment by a fast-track sessions court here for raping his maid.

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

The court has also not accepted the maid's evidence in the court that she was not raped as the judge felt that she had given false evidence.

Clad in pink shirt and jeans, 38-year-old Shiney was accompanied by his wife Anupam in the court when the judgement was delivered.

 

According to a policeman, there were tears in his eyes when the judge pronounced the order.

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.

The 20-year-old girl told the court that she had filed the complaint against the actor at the behest of the woman who had secured her the job of a maid in Shiney's residence.

In June 2009, the girl had lodged a police complaint alleging that she was raped by the actor at his residence. Shiney was arrested on June 14 and released on bail three months later.