In
December
2017,
a
Mumbai-based
businessman
named
Vikas
Sachdev
was
accused
of
molesting
a
popular
teen
Bollywood
actress
on
board
a
Delhi-Mumbai
flight.
The
actor
had
later
narrated
her
ordeal
in
an
Instagram
video.
On
Wednesday,
a
special
court
in
Mumbai
held
Sachdev
guilty
and
convicted
him
to
three
years
in
jail,
as
per
a
report
in
Hindustan
Times.
Special
Judge
AD
Deo
said
in
his
verdict,
"I
am
holding
you
guilty
for
section
354
(Molestation)
of
Indian
Penal
Code
and
Section
8
(sexual
assault)
of
Protection
of
Children
from
Sexual
Offences
Act
(POCSO).
Sachdev
faces
a
minimum
jail
term
of
three
years
under
POCSO.
The
report
further
revealed
that
the
prosecution
had
examined
seven
witnesses
including
the
ex-actor,
a
passenger
and
two
cabin
crew
members.
The
award-winning
young
actor
had
tearfully
shared
her
ordeal
in
an
Instagram
video
in
December
2017,
where
she
accused
the
man
on
the
Air
Vistara
flight
of
rubbing
his
foot
against
her
back
and
neck
while
she
was
half
asleep.
In
her
post,
the
teen
actor
said,
"So,
I
was
in
a
flight
travelling
from
Delhi
to
Mumbai
today
and
right
behind
me
one
middle-aged
man
who
made
my
two-hour
journey
miserable.
I
tried
to
record
it
on
phone
to
understand
it
better
because
the
cabin
lights
were
dimmed,
I
failed
to
get
it..."
"The
lights
were
dimmed,
so
it
was
even
worse.
It
continued
for
another
five
to
ten
minutes
and
then
I
was
sure
of
it.
He
kept
nudging
my
shoulder
and
continued
to
move
his
foot
up
and
down
my
back
and
neck," she
further
said
in
her
video.
On
the
other
hand,
Sachdev
and
his
wife
had
countered
the
actor's
complaint,
insisting
that
Sachdev
was
returning
from
a
funeral,
was
mentally
disturbed
and
asleep
when
the
incident
took
place.
His
wife
claimed
that
it
was
'unintentional'.
Meanwhile,
the
young
actor
stirred
up
a
controversy
last
year
when
she
announced
her
'disassociation'
from
acting.