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Palghar Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Jail for Assaulting Minor Daughter
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News18•09-10-2026, 16:00
Palghar Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Jail for Assaulting Minor Daughter
- •A special court in Maharashtra's Palghar district sentenced a 55-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting his seven-year-old daughter.
- •Special Judge A H Kashikar also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the convict in the judgment delivered on October 5.
- •The horrific abuse came to light on November 3, 2020, after alert neighbors in Vasai West heard the minor girl crying in distress and contacted an NGO.
- •Police and members of the Ummid Foundation rescued the victim, leading to a case being registered under the Indian Penal Code and the POCSO Act.
- •The court noted that the accused systematically manipulated and abused his position of trust to assault the child over a period of time.
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A special court in Maharashtra's Palghar district sentenced the 55-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh.
The crime came to light on November 3, 2020, when neighbours at a housing society in Vasai West contacted an NGO named Ummid Foundation after hearing a minor girl crying and screaming in distress.
The man had married a woman he met in Denmark, where their daughter was born, but they later separated. While divorce proceedings were underway, the father obtained custody of the girl and brought her to Vasai after she had initially stayed with her mother in Denmark.