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The Bombay High Court on Wednesday (December 17, 2025) upheld the conviction and sentence of life imprisonment awarded to a Raigad man for repeatedly raping his 14-year-old daughter, observing that such crimes “must invite the severest condemnation” and that courts could not condone such acts under the guise of leniency. A Division Bench of Justices Manish Pitale and Manjusha Deshpande dismissed the appeal filed by Jagannath Pandurang Waghare, who had challenged the May 25, 2017, judgment of the Additional Sessions Judge, Mangaon, Raigad, in Special POCSO Case of 2016. The trial court had sentenced him to imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life under Section 376(2)(f) and (i) of the IPC and also convicted him under Sections 5(j)(ii) and 5(l) read with Section 6 of the POCSO Act, imposing 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment (to run concurrently). Published - December 17, 2025 08:15 pm IST
