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Delhi High Court overturns man's conviction for raping daughter

The Delhi High Court Tuesday acquitted a man, sentenced to life imprisonment by the trial court for allegedly raping his 11-year-old daughter, observing that his first wife used the daughter "as a tool" to seek revenge

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Justice Kailash Gambhir and Justice Indermeet Kaur said: "The evidence produced by the prosecution and even the medical evidence does not lead us to believe that the appellant had committed a rape of his daughter."u00a0

The bench set aside the trial court's order that sentenced the man to life imprisonment on the charge of rape of his minor daughter in 2006.

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