JOIN USA 43-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping his minor daughter for over three years with the court terming his offence as "too heinous" and "committed in total disregard to moral and social values."
Additional Sessions Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna also imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on convict Tek Bahadur against whom his teenaged daughter herself had lodged the FIR last March.
"The offence committed by the convict is more serious in manner that he did not even spare his own daughter. Instead of protecting the prosecutrix being the biological father, the convict in total disregard to moral and social values went on ruining her life by committing immoral act of highest order.
"It is evident that convict treated prosecutrix only as an object to fulfill his sexual desires. The offence committed by convict is too heinous and, therefore, he does not deserve any leniency," the judge said.
The court sentenced Bahadur to life imprisonment and fine of Rs 25,000 for the offence under section 376 (rape) and jail for five years and fine of Rs 5,000 for the offence under section 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC. The court said both sentences would run concurrently.
The girl had, on March 21, last year, informed the police that her father has been committing rape on her repeatedly for about two to three years.
She said her father raped her under the influence of liquor and alleged he "assaulted and threatened" her not to reveal the incident to anyone.