{"id":58168,"date":"2019-12-02T13:46:27","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T08:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=58168"},"modified":"2019-12-02T13:46:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T08:16:27","slug":"up-man-gets-20-years-in-jail-for-raping-minor-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/up-man-gets-20-years-in-jail-for-raping-minor-daughter","title":{"rendered":"UP man gets 20 years in jail for raping minor daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/life-imprisonment-till-death.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"58057\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/mizoram-court-sentences-myanmarese-man-to-life-imprisonment-till-death-for-killing-wife\/life-imprisonment-till-death\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/life-imprisonment-till-death.jpg?fit=284%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"284,177\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"life imprisonment till death\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/life-imprisonment-till-death.jpg?fit=284%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-58057\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/life-imprisonment-till-death.jpg?resize=284%2C177&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/life-imprisonment-till-death.jpg?w=284&amp;ssl=1 284w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/life-imprisonment-till-death.jpg?resize=150%2C93&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0A special court here awarded a 20-year jail term to a 50-year-old man for raping his minor daughter three years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The court, set up under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, convicted the man on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Sanjiv Kumar Tiwari also imposed a fine of Rs 56,000 on him after holding him guilty of raping his 17-year-old daughter in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>According to special lawyer Dinesh Kumar Sharma, the police had registered a case against the man for raping his daughter in the district on February 18, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>It was alleged in the complaint that the girl had been raped over a period of three-four months and was threatened with dire consequences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0A special court here awarded a 20-year jail term to a 50-year-old man for raping his minor daughter three years ago. 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