A 50-year-old man was sentenced 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for perpetually raping his minor step daughter, impregnating her and forcing abortion in Mira Road’s Kashimira area.
A special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court in Thane district on Thursday, September 26, found him guilty of the crime and also awarded a fine of INR 5,000 failing which he will have to spend three more months in jail.
An offence under section 376(2)(n) for repeatedly committing rape on the same woman and 328 (causing hurt by means of poison) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and under the relevant sections of the POCSO, 2012 was registered at the Kashimira police station on 2, May, 2016.
The sexual attacks which dates back to March 2016 was reported from a makeshift hutment at a construction site in the area. The monster dad (name withheld to protect the identity of the girl) had married the girl’s mother in 2015.
He was arrested five months after he committed the heinous crime and had also pressurised the girl to pass the blame of rape on an innocent neighbour. Armed with strong evidence including testimonies of 10 witnesses and medical reports, the investigating team had filed a watertight charge sheet in the court against the accused.
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