The Dailekh District Court sentenced a 50-year-old man to 33 years in prison for raping his 17-year-old daughter.
Hearing the case filed at the District Police Office on April 4 from the victim’s side, District Judge Balaram Lamsal issued the verdict on Monday, Information Officer of Dailekh District Court Tikaram Neupane said.
The man raped his daughter on March 15.
Neupane also said that the man has also been slapped with a fine of Rs 300,000.
In addition, the court has ordered the convict to provide Rs 50,000 in compensation to the survivor and pay Rs 2,800 for the Victims Relief Fund, Neupane shared.
In the district, the number of rape case of minors from father being registered in the police has reached four in the past three months after March 15.
