Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau jailed 21-year-old Uday Kumar Yadav observing that he is a "predatory paedophile" and a "menace" to the society as he had not spared even a year-old child.
The court sentenced the youth to seven years in jail for kidnapping the toddler and with life imprisonment (20 years) for raping her while imposing upon him a five-year jail term for stealing a mobile phone from the house.
The court said all three sentences would run one after one and stipulated that the convict should not be given any remission in his sentence unless he spends an actual sentence of 20 years of life term.
The court also praised the investigating officers who had cracked the case on the basis of electronic surveillance and forensic evidence.
It said it would have been difficult to nab the culprit "had it not been for the excellent work done by the initial investigating officers who had cracked this case on the basis of electronic surveillance and analysis of data while the forensics (DNA finger printing) came to the aid of the investigating agencies as a handy tool later."
"It was only then that accused Yadav could be actually cornered and the credit for the same is required to be given to this team of the investigators for the efficient use of the aforesaid investigation techniques," the court added.
It also asked the Delhi government to pay a compensation of Rs one lakh to the family of the victim for her welfare and rehabilitation. (More)
