Sex abuser dad gets 20 years' rigorous imprisonment in Mumbai even as girl, mum hostile

Observing that hostile witnesses are the main cause for high rates of acquittal in our criminal justice system, in a rare instance, even as a 11-year-old sexual assault victim and her mother refused to support prosecution's case, telling the court that they did not want to pursue it as the child's father, the accused, was the family's only earning member, a special Pocso court convicted and sentenced the 38-year-old tailor to 20 years rigorous imprisonment.

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