Man gets 10 years imprisonment for raping minor step-daughter

A 33-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment by a Delhi court for kidnapping and raping his 10-year-old step-daughter in 2010.
Additional Sessions Judge Mahesh Chander Gupta, while awarding the jail term, also imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on the northwest Delhi resident.
"I am of the considered opinion that the ends of justice can be met by sentencing convict to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of ten years," the court said.
It had convicted the man under sections 376(2)(f) (committing rape on a woman when she is under twelve years of age), 363 (punishment for kidnapping), 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement) and 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) of IPC.

It also rejected his contention that he was falsely implicated in the case, noting that there was nothing on record to prove it.
According to the prosecution, the girl was picked up by the convict on February 5, 2010 and was raped in a room in Swaroop Nagar here.
The convict, however, had prayed for leniency submitting that he was the sole bread earner in the family.