KOTA MARUDU: A 47-year-old man who raped his daughter was jailed 12 years and ordered to get six strokes of the cane.
Sessions Court Judge A. Akhiruddin Acho meted out the sentence to the man after he pleaded guilty to the charge against him on Tuesday.
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The court also ordered the man to be placed under police supervision for three years after serving the jail sentence.
The man had raped the 16-year-old girl at 6pm on Jan 6 this year inside a car parked at a riverside in Pitas.
The offence is framed under Section 376 of the Penal Code.
The court heard that the victim lodged a police report on Jan 7 this year claiming that her father had raped her inside a car parked at the riverside.
Following the report, the father was arrested on the same day and the police also seized the car where the rape incident happened as well the man’s clothes.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Suhayl Aminin Sallehuddin appeared for the prosecution while the man was not represented.
Meanwhile, police confirmed that any form of sexual crime, especially those involving family members, will be thoroughly investigated and firm action will be taken without compromise.
