A 35-year-old undertrial was sentenced to two years of rigorous imprisonment for allegedly throwing a slipper at a district judge and verbally abusing him in Maharashtra's Thane district.

District judge P M Gupta on March 5 held the accused Ganesh Laxman Gaikwad guilty of offences punishable under sections 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of duty) and 294 (obscene acts or words in public) of the IPC.