A special court in Maharashtra's Thane city has sentenced a 40-year-old housewife to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment for pushing two minor girls into prostitution, reported news agency PTI.

In his order of May 30, Special POCSO Act Judge D S A Deshmukh also imposed a fine of Rs 14,000 on the convict, a resident of Mumbai's Goregaon area, reported PTI.

According to Special Public Prosecutor Rekha Hiwrale, a total of seven witnesses were examined during the trial.