Convict fights for his daughter given away in adoption by CWC

ASJ Lau came to know that the child had been given in adoption,when she was adjudicating the rape convict Bhola’s plea for custody of his child born out of his illicit relation with his minor victim.

Bhola had sought the custody of his child as her unwed mother,now 19,did not want to keep her with herself.

“It surprises me that while the trial of the criminal case against the biological father of the child i.e. Bhola was still pending how she could be put up for adoption and that too without the consent of the biological parents.

“I note that during the trial,the accused being the biological father who was in judicial custody,had also sought the custody of the child,” the judge said.

Accused Bhola was convicted for raping a 14-year-old girl after purchasing her for Rs 20,000 from someone in 2007 and confining her at his house for over three years during which he subjected her to slavery,torture and rape,leading to the

girl child’s birth.

During trial of the rape case against him,Bhola had made a formal plea for the custody of his daughter as her biological mother was not willing to accept her,while the the court had given the girl to CWC to take care of her.