A special court in Durg district has sentenced Pardeshi Yadav to six years of rigorous imprisonment for molestation and assault of a woman in the Nandininagar area, holding him guilty of forcibly grabbing and attacking the victim. However, the court acquitted the accused of charges under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, citing lack of evidence that the crime was committed on caste grounds.