A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for repeatedly raping and sodomising his nine-year-old daughter with a Delhi court saying he showed no respect for the chastity of his offspring.
The court awarded the maximum jail term, prescribed for the offence of rape under the law, to the Delhi resident and observed that she was sexually assaulted by her father and could not tell about the incident to anyone on account of threats extended by him.
It also directed the Delhi government to give Rs two lakh compensation to the child, who is staying at a reform home here, under the ‘Restorative and Compensatory Justice’ scheme for her welfare.
“…She (victim) was sharing substantial household responsibilities with her parents, both of them were away for work for long hours. Despite the fact that the child was a pillar of strength for her parents, the convict, instead of showing his love and affection to the child, sexually abused her.
“He showed no respect for chastity of his daughter, despite the fact that he was her father and child trusted him for her security and protection. He gave her severe beatings and subjected her to incest – sexual assault, unnatural sexual assault and even oral sex,” Additional Sessions Judge Illa Rawat said and also imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on him.
According to the police, the girl’s ordeal came to light when she disclosed her father’s acts to her tuition teacher who worked with an NGO and noticed injury marks on her body.
The victim told her teacher that when her mother used to go out for work, she took care of her younger siblings and do household work and her father used to rape and sodomise her repeatedly.
She said her father used to beat her and also threaten her not to disclose about his acts to anyone.
Her teacher discussed the issue with her colleagues and also informed her mother and lodged a case. The man was arrested by the officials of Adarsh Nagar police station here.