India, May 29 -- A 40-year-old resident of Worli, Rishab Patel, was sentenced to a four-month imprisonment and directed to pay a Rs.4000 fine by the Dadar metropolitan magistrate court in a seven-year-old case where Patel's dog had bitten his neighbour in their apartment lift. The incident was reported on February 1, 2018 and the order was passed on May 21, 2025.

The victim, Ramik Shah, his son, and his househelp were going down in the lift from the fourth floor when Patel entered the lift with his dog on the third floor. Shah told Patel that his son was afraid of dogs and requested him to either leave the pet dog out or to let them get off the lift. However, Patel dragged his dog into the lift, an argument ensued, and the dog bit Shah's...