A court in Thane district has sentenced a 33-year-old man to three years rigorous imprisonment for molesting a minor girl residing in his neighborhood in 2018.

A special court judge V V Virkar, in her order on May 17 also imposed a fine of Rs 3,000 on the accused.

Special Public Prosecutor Rekha Hiwrale told the court that the victim and the accused resided in the same building in Vartak Nagar in Thane.