Updated On: 24 April, 2025 06:04 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
"The offences they have been accused of are punishable by imprisonment of five years. The accused has been in jail since December 20, 2023. Hence, it would be appropriate to convict them under the Foreigners Order 1948, read with Foreigners Act 1948 and sentence them for imprisonment of 1 year, 3 months 27 days," the judge said

The women told the court that they were lodged in jail for almost 16 months now. Representational Image
A Thane court has convicted two Bangladeshi women for illegally entering India and staying in Thane district without valid documents, the PTI reported on Thursday.
The police had apprehended Kohinoorbegam Rojgul Islam Saddar, 58, and 60-year-old Anuarabegam Ansarali Tofadar from Indiranagar Zopadpatti in Bhayandar East on December 20, 2023 and charged them under various provisions of the Foreigners Act after a probe, as per the PTI.