Actor Huma Khan jailed for assault, torture of minor girl

December 22, 2012 13:28

Small-time Bollywood actor Huma Khan was sentenced to three-year imprisonment by a court in Thane for assaulting and torturing a minor girl, who worked at her house in Pune as a domestic help.

Additional Sessions Judge A Wagvase handed out the sentence on Friday to the 42-year-old actor on charges of abducting and subsequently torturing the 12-year-old daughter of her maid, for eight months in 2007.

The judge also imposed a fine of Rs 12,000 on Khan.

Police had arrested Khan in 2008 along with another accused in the case, Shamiuddin Shaikh, who allegedly raped the girl several times.

The court, however, acquitted Shaikh for want of sufficient evidence.

Additional Public Prosecutor Hemlata Deshmukh had sought maximum punishment for Khan.

The incident dates back to 2007 when Reshma, a Nepalese national, used to work as a housemaid with them at her residence in Mira Road here. In June that year, Khan shifted to Kailash Kanchan apartment at Undari in Pune, where Shaikh was also based.

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