The special POCSO court announced 10 years of rigorous punishment to 55-year-old Sanjay Venu Kadam under section 377 (unnatural sex) and relevant sections POCSO act after the court found the accused guilty of raping a 16-year-old minor boy. The court has also ordered the accused to pay a fine of Rs 2,500 to undergo further rigorous imprisonment for 6 months.

According to police, in 2015, the accused raped a 16-year-old boy inside his residence in Amboli. The accused, who resides in the same area, took advantage of the minor's mental illness and raped him inside the former's house. When the victim went back to his home he was shivering and felt unbearable pain, after which his family took him to a hospital.