A special POCSO court in Chandigarh convicted him under Section 6 of the POCSO Act, and Sections 366 (kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage), 363 (kidnapping), 354 (assault), 354-A (outraging the modesty of a woman) and 323 (voluntary causing hurt) of the Indian Penal Code
The court of Jaibir Singh, additional sessions judge, also imposed a fine of ₹25,000 on each of the convicts — Dhanush, 19, from Dhanas, Chandigarh, and Riyaz Khan and Ghanshyam, both 20, from Bapu Dham Colony