A Thane district court has convicted and sentenced a man to a one-year rigorous jail term for molesting a woman, a verdict coming within just 35 days of the First Information Report (FIR) registration, reported news agency PTI.

The Thane court at Kalyan gave the verdict on Tuesday and handed one-year rigorous imprisonment to the accused, Omkar Vikrant Nikalje (29), and also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on him, reported PTI.

Of the fine amount, Rs 2,500 is to be paid to the victim as compensation, while the remaining sum is to be deposited with the government treasury, the Thane court said.