PTI | Oct 21, 2011, 07.33PM IST
NEW DELHI: A 21-year-old father of two has been jailed for 10 years by a Delhi court for raping his six-year-old niece.
"The offence for which the convict is being sentenced, is grave, heinous and utterly abominable. Such an act of perversity has to be dealt with strictly and sternly," said Additional Sessions Judge Mamta Tayal.
The prosecution stated that Uttar Pradesh-native Vinod had kidnapped and raped his cousin's minor daughter, who was the same age as one his children, on June 21, 2010.
On the day of the incident, the victim was playing with her younger brother outside their house in south-west Delhi when Vinod came up to her and took her to a deserted spot in a rickshaw.
He raped the girl and when she cried, he threatened to slit her throat, asking her not to disclose it to anyone. Vinod then left the traumatised girl at a temple close to her locality from where she went home and slept.
The incident came to light after the victim's mother noticed blood stains on her clothes the next morning and inquired about it.
Her medical report confirmed rape and the minor was sent for counselling by an NGO through the Delhi commission for women.
The court held Vinod guilty on the basis of testimony of the minor victim, her parents and a neighbour who had seen him taking away the child in a rickshaw.
"The offence for which the convict is being sentenced, is grave, heinous and utterly abominable. Such an act of perversity has to be dealt with strictly and sternly," said Additional Sessions Judge Mamta Tayal.
The prosecution stated that Uttar Pradesh-native Vinod had kidnapped and raped his cousin's minor daughter, who was the same age as one his children, on June 21, 2010.
On the day of the incident, the victim was playing with her younger brother outside their house in south-west Delhi when Vinod came up to her and took her to a deserted spot in a rickshaw.
He raped the girl and when she cried, he threatened to slit her throat, asking her not to disclose it to anyone. Vinod then left the traumatised girl at a temple close to her locality from where she went home and slept.
The incident came to light after the victim's mother noticed blood stains on her clothes the next morning and inquired about it.
Her medical report confirmed rape and the minor was sent for counselling by an NGO through the Delhi commission for women.
The court held Vinod guilty on the basis of testimony of the minor victim, her parents and a neighbour who had seen him taking away the child in a rickshaw.
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