As it stands, Sunil Atmaram More, a former constable attached to the Marine Drive police station, will now serve 12 years’ rigorous imprisonment and will pay a Rs 26,500 penalty, to be given to the victim. These are the statements which led to the conviction:

THE VICTIM

Her statement as recorded on April 22, 2005. “On April 21, a friend and I were sitting on the promenade at Marine Drive when a watchman came and asked us to go to the police chowky, saying we had been indulging in indecent behaviour. When we visited the chowky, he noted down my name, telephone number and address and threatened to call my parents. I requested him not do so, but he asked my friend to bring Rs 5,000. My friend left. He then closed the door of the chowky and started drinking. He started molesting me and then raped me. I begged to be allowed to go, but he did not. He raped me wearing a contraceptive.”

HER FRIEND

His statement was recorded on April 21, 2005. “We went to the police chowky as instructed by the watchman where the policeman (More) asked me to bring Rs 5,000. When our friends followed us into the chowky, they were asked to leave. By around 7.30 pm, I’d managed to gather only about Rs 3,500. When I reached the chowky, I found a crowd of people around it. When I enquired, I was told that a girl had been raped and had been taken to the Marine Drive police station.”

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