Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhatt handed down the jail term and imposed a fine of Rs 75,000 on the victim's uncle, a native of Aligarh, saying "it would be ridiculous and outrageous to think that a man would get sexual arousal upon seeing his own minor niece alone".
"The convict has committed the offence of highest gravity. He was the real uncle of the victim who looked up to him as her protector but the convict acted like a predator on prowl, looking for an opportunity to satiate his sexual thirst upon his own minor niece.
The court also observed that the man posed a "great threat to the society at large and the womenfolk in society cannot feel safe if the convict is let out with a lenient sentence.
"The spine-chilling narration of the incidents given by the victim indicates that the convict is a morally depraved person and has the tendency of recidivism," it observed.
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The girl told the court that after the second incident, she informed her grandfather who tutored her with the help of a lawyer to shield his son (the accused). She said she was not allowed to meet her parents for several days by the grandfather.
The convict was arrested from his residence in Aligarh five months after the charge sheet was filed, the police said.