New Delhi:
A man has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for raping his 20-year-old daughter by a Delhi court.
Additional Sessions Judge Pawan Kumar Jain, while taking a stern view, handed down the jail term to the man for raping his daughter and criminally intimidating her. He also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on him.
The judge held that the man guilty under various sections of the Indian Penal Code including rape, unnatural sex, criminal intimidation, assault and causing hurt to the victim.
"It is proved beyond all reasonable doubts that the accused had not only raped the victim but also committed unnatural sex with her..." the court said.
While sentencing the man, the court noted that he was a perpetual offender as he had been jailed several times before for other crimes and rejected his prayer for leniency.
It held that the man does not deserve minimum punishment as "he chose his own daughter to satisfy his lust."
"Being the father of the victim, it was his duty to protect her from any such assault but he himself violated all limits of humanity and raped her," the court said.
While noting that the man had accused his wife and daughter of being involved in prostitution, the court said that "this further indicates that convict has no repentance over his act."
According to the prosecution, the victim lodged a complaint with the police that she was raped by her father on the night of July 6, 2012 and he also committed unnatural sex with her.