The Bombay High Court has granted bail to a man accused of raping his 17-year-old adopted daughter after considering that the girl was “used to doing dirty things” and that her statements were not entirely reliable.In an order passed two weeks ago, Justice Sadhana Jadhav released the 52-year-old Andheri resident on a bail of Rs 15,000 with a direction that he would not get in touch with the victim. He has been in custody for close to 15 months since his arrest in October 2015.“Perused the statement written in the handwriting of the prosecutrix. She has admitted that she used to do all dirty things. It appears that she was inherently abnormal and had sexual instincts from her childhood, in all probability because of the environment and atmosphere where she lived and the conduct of her deceased mother,” the court order notes about the victim’s background.The handwritten statement referred to was the one given to the supervisor of an institution where the victim was living post her mother’s death in 2006.The lady supervisor of the protective home had allegedly observed “unnatural behaviour” in the girl and had also received complaints from other inmates, after which she took her into confidence and made her write her life story.Documents attached to the bail application include a statement by the supervisor, who was apparently shocked to read what the victim had written. It indicated that the victim was not new to sexual acts.Advocate Niranjan Mundargi, appearing for the accused, took Justice Jadhav through the entire past record of the victim and argued that there was enormous delay in lodging the complaint. The bail application mentions that the victim was adopted by the accused and his wife when she was studying in Std V. According to her complaint, the father started touching and kissing her in the absence of any family member when she was studying in Std VII. Then, when she was in Std IX, the father touched her breasts. However, the complaint was lodged only after she reached Std XII.The bail application also adds that initially, when the FIR was lodged, the victim only complained of molestation. However, as her medical reports showed that she was not a virgin, she added the charge of sexual intercourse against her adoptive father in a supplementary statement.The Dindoshi Sessions Court had rejected the bail application despite the lawyers arguing that her adoptive parents had shouted at her after they came to know about her getting physical with a delivery boy. The court had then taken the “dominant position” of the accused into account.Explaining why the accused deserves to be released on bail, the HC observed, “The victim had not disclosed the act of the father to the supervisor of the protective home and has complained about it after a considerable lapse of time. The statement of the victim on the basis of which the crime is registered, does not appear to be truthful and therefore, does not inspire confidence of this Court.”