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Delhi court jails man 20 years for raping 12-year-old cousin
A Delhi court has sentenced a 42-year-old man, Ajay, to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault on his 12-year-old cousin. Judge Niti Suri Mishra called the crime "highly…
The Story in Brief
A Delhi court has sentenced a 42-year-old man, Ajay, to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault on his 12-year-old cousin. Judge Niti Suri Mishra called the crime "highly abominable" and said girls are not safe even within the "four walls" of their own homes when persons show no respect for a brother-sister relationship. The incident occurred in 2013 when the child was alone at home.
The court rejected the defence's plea for leniency, noting no circumstances of the accused could outweigh the child's mental health issues. Judge Mishra directed the Delhi Legal Services Authority (north-west) to provide Rs 15 lakh to the survivor, observing that the victim's entire family suffers humiliation and pain. Prosecutor Yogita Kaushik Dahiya presented the case.
The Indian Opinion
The court's blunt observation, that girls are not safe even inside their own homes, exposes a truth that polite society would rather avoid. The defence plea for leniency, citing the convict's three children and elderly parents, was rightly rejected. No family's hardship can outweigh a child's lifelong trauma. But the judge's Rs 15 lakh compensation order for the survivor raises a harder question: will the amount, however substantial, ever rebuild a stolen childhood or a family's shattered social standing?
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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