Imprisonment for the rest of the natural life and a penalty of Rs 99000 for the father who raped the step-daughter was senencted in the court of 18th session ADJ Padma Jatav on Friday.
The accused Rajesh convicted under sections 376, 363, 328, 366(A), 376(3) of the IPC and 5L/6, 5(L) (2)/6 of POCSO Act and was sentenced to imprisonment for life up to the natural life and as punished with a fine of Rs 99000.
In the case, the government was represented by Special Public Prosecutor TP Gautam, Sarla Kahar, Manisha Patel.
The mother in her complaint had stated that she hailed from Chhindwara. After the death of her first husband, she came to Bhopal and started living in slums near near Kotak Mahindra office in MP Nagar Zone-1 and met Rajesh Bharti.
She married the accused who used to sleep near her 12-year-old daughter who was studying in class 5 and used to touch her with ill-intention and hug and kiss her and used to scare the girl. He had threatened the victim not to reveal this thing to her mother.
Later when she came to know she had a fight after which Rajesh brought liquor and was tying the cylinder in his scooter after drinking alcohol and when she refused to take the cylinder, he pushed her and took her daughter forcibly on the scooter.
A case was registered against the accused. On the basis of the above information, a crime was registered in the MP Nagar police station.
In the trial court, on the basis of the statement of the witnesses and the confirmation of the DNA report, the accused Rajesh was booked by the court under Sections 376, 363, 328, 366 (A), 376 (3) IPC and 5L/6, 5 (L)(2 )/6 of the POCSO Act and was punished.