2 yrs’ RI for Congress worker

On June 10, 1992, when Pisal was sarpanch of Jambhul, he had gone to a house at around 8:00 pm to enquire if the family was getting adequate water supply. Only two women were at home then. After making enquiries, Pisal moved on to other homes. But when he saw the elder woman step out to go to the grocers, he went back to the house and demanded water from the daughter-in-law, who was now alone. He then tried to rape her, but fled when she raised an alarm.Later, the woman, herhusband and mother-in-law approached the Mahatma Phule police station in Kalyan to lodge a complaint.

But they were directed to the Thane rural police station at Titwala. In Titwala too the Thane rural police refused to register a cognisable offence. It was only after the family approached MLA Sabir Sheikh, that police agreed to register the offence. Meanwhile, in 1994, after the Sena lost the gram panchayat polls, the complainant family’s house was attacked and ransacked.

Pisal’s advocate argued the genesis of the problem lay in the rivalry between the Congress and the Sena, but the judge wasn’t convinced.