Mumbai: Man gets 14 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping his minor niece

A special court here has sentenced a man to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping his minor niece multiple times in 2016 when the girl was under his guardianship following the death of her motherSpecial court judge S J Ansari hearing cases related to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act passed the judgment last week and the detailed order was made available on WednesdayThe judge said it was found that the 46yearold accused committed a very serious offence of repeatedly raping his own minor niece when she was under his guardianship for a short period of timeThe abuse of the trust by the accused towards his niece is therefore quite apparent on the record Such an accused therefore does not at all merit any leniency she addedAlso ReadMaharashtra March taken out in support of Sameer Wankhede in WashimAs per the prosecution the victim a 16yearold girl was brought up by her maternal family after the death of her mother In November 2015 the victims father took the girl to reside with him at his home in Gujarats AhmedabadThe following year the girls father sent her to Kandivali in Mumbai at her uncles place to help him in the household work and for sightseeing in Mumbai During her stay there the girls uncle raped her multiple times and threatened the girl against revealing it to anyone the prosecution saidThe girl became pregnant at that time and her uncle dropped her back to Ahmedabad The girl narrated the incident to her maternal aunt who approached the police and lodged a complaint A zero FIR was registered in that city and the case was later transferred to the police station in KandivaliDuring the course of the trial the prosecution examined seven witnesses including the victim and her auntThough the accused has indeed been in jail since his arrest in November 2016 the fact remains that he has been found to have committed a very serious offence that is of having repeatedly raped his own minor niece when she was given in his guardianship for a short period of time The abuse of the trust by the accused visagravevis his niece is therefore quite apparent on the record the court saidIt will also have to be noted that the victim was a girl who had not even reached the age of 16 years when the accused repeatedly subjected her to intercourse for satisfying his lust The effect which the said act would have had on her can therefore scarcely be imagined Such an accused therefore does not at all merit any leniency she addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever