Mechanic gets 28 years’ jail, caning for raping daughter FMTNews
The sessions court judge handed down the sentence after the man pleaded guilty to both sexual assault charges.
He was sentenced to 18 years in jail and 10 strokes of the cane for the first offence of raping the girl, and eight years in jail and one stroke of the cane for sexually assaulting her, and an additional two years imprisonment and two strokes of the cane because he was in a relationship of trust with the victim.
The charge was framed under Section 376 of the Penal Code which provides imprisonment for up to 30 years and liable to whipping of not less than 10 strokes of the cane. According to the facts of the case, the victim told her mother and other siblings about the incident, but the accused denied it.
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