A man was sentenced to imprisonment for the remainder of his life in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday after the court found him guilty of repeatedly raping his minor daughter. The mother of the girl had turned hostile, but the prosecution still managed to build a strong case against the Guna native.
Tired of being assaulted by the man, the wife of the accused had left home with their youngest daughter. It was then that the accused, a chronic alcoholic, began to sexually assault the complainant, threatening to kill her if she disclosed it to anyone.
Finally, the girl narrated her ordeal to her mother and approached the police. The girl, then 12 years old, lodged a complaint at Myana police station in the Guna district in October 2024, stating that her father had sexually assaulted her multiple times.
A case was registered under the POCSO Act, and the man was arrested.
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Additional District Prosecution Officer Mamta Dixit reportedly told the news agency PTI that the girl's mother turned hostile during the trial and tried to persuade her to change her statement, but the girl stuck to her complaint. A DNA report corroborated the prosecution's case, the report added.
The survivor remained firm even after her mother turned hostile during the trial. Sonali Sharma, the judge of the special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act court, noted that "despite being broken", the child approached the court with courage to seek justice.
The court, while handing down life imprisonment without remission to the accused, praised the girl's courage, said District Prosecution Officer Hajari Lal Bairwa.
