India, May 21 -- A special fast-track court in Nuh on Tuesday sentenced a 31-year-old physically challenged man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs.25,000 for raping his six-year-old daughter, relying primarily on the victim's testimony that her father had sexually assaulted her multiple times in the past.

Additional sessions judge Ashu Sanjeev Tinjan convicted the man under section 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act. The court also invoked section 351(2) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

The assault took place on November 22, 2024, when the mother had rushed to Bulandshahr after news of a relative's death, leaving the daughter ...