Man sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for raping 13-year-old step daughter

New Delhi: A Delhi Court on Monday sentenced a man to 10 years of imprisonment for raping his minor step daughter continuously and getting her pregnant. The 33-year-old man who hails from Bihar was arrested by the police on charges of raping his 13-year-old minor daughter. Additional Sessions Judge Rajneesh Kumar Gupta gave his decision after the medical reports clarified that the DNA sample of the aborted foetus and that of the man was a match. The reports made it clear that the man was physically involved with his own daughter and made her pregnant. The court denied being lenient towards the case and sentenced the man to 10 years of imprisonment along with the fine of Rs. 2000. The judge stated 'Keeping in view the testimony of the victim which is reliable and inspires confidence and is also corroborated by her statement (recorded by the police) and by the DNA result, I am of the opinion that the prosecution has proved its case beyond reasonable doubt against the accused that on August 16, 2011 at Uttam Nagar in Delhi, he wrongfully confined the girl and threatened her with threat to her life and committed rape on the girl and also thereafter.' According to the prosecution, on August 16, 2011, when the girl returned home from school and went to her room to change clothes, the man entered the room and raped her. When she resisted and started screaming, he gagged her mouth and threatened to kill her, if she disclosed the act to anyone, it said. The man continued to rape her daily for the next three-four months due to which she became pregnant. She then disclosed the incident to her maternal grandmother who informed the girl's mother about it. The girl's mother lodged a complaint against her husband and after the minor's medical examination, the pregnancy was terminated. During the trial, the man claimed innocence saying the girl's mother had implicated him in a false case to extort money from him. At the time of sentencing, the convict pleaded for mercy submitting that he was in judicial custody since December 2011 and has no past criminal record.