“ You are a shame to society and you cannot be forgiven for what you have done.”
These were the words of High Court Judge, Justice Sunil Sharma while sentencing a 58-year-old man from Ba who raped his 13-year-old step daughter multiple times.
The man was charged with 8 counts of rape and has been sentenced to 20 years and 4 months imprisonment.
The incident took place from the 1st of January to the 3rd of October, 2015.
It was heard in court that the victim was 12 years old when the incident occurred.
While passing the sentence, Justice Sharma says rape of a child is one of the most serious forms of sexual violence and offenders should be dealt with severely and there is no two ways about it.
It was also revealed in court that these incidents occurred in the victim’s home several times when her mother was not at home and twice in the bushes.
It was said that in all the incidents, the accused always threatened the victim with the knife not to tell anyone.
The Court was told that during a counseling session by the victim’s school teacher on an allegation of vandalism against her, she told her teacher about what the accused was doing to her.
The matter was then reported to police by the victim’s school teacher.
Justice Sharma has set a non parole period of 19 years.
