Man accused of raping daughter acquitted by Delhi high court 10 months after his death

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'An erroneous approach of the trial court led to the “miscarriage of justice” for a man crying foul from day one in a case of alleged rape of his minor daughter, but justice came to him 10 months after his death when the Delhi High Court acquitted him on Wednesday.

The verdict came 17 years after the man was convicted by the trial court and sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment.

The high court noted that neither the probe nor the trial was fair in the instant case, which was lodged following a complaint by his daughter.

Justice R K Gauba said the accused “had been crying foul from day one” by claiming that some boy had abducted and seduced his daughter, who was found to be pregnant when the FIR of rape was lodged in January 1996, but the investigating agency and the trial court paid no heed to his contentions.'