Far-fetched a daughter would accuse father of rape in anger, says HC; upholds man's life term

MUMBAI: (Mar 9) The Bombay High Court on Monday described as "too far-fetched", a father's claim that his minor daughter accused him of rape simply out of anger.

Upholding the man's life term, a division bench of Justices Manish Pitale and Shreeram Shirsat dismissed his plea challenging a March 2020 judgment of a special Pocso court sentencing him to life imprisonment for raping his minor daughter on several occasions.

The man, in his plea, argued his daughter implicated him because he had forced her to discontinue studies, a move he framed as a parental disciplinary measure that sparked her resentment.