BHOPAL: A local court sentenced a man to life term imprisonment on Monday for raping his 3-year-old disabled daughter.

Court of district judge and sessions judge Sushma Khosla sentenced Sanjay Boyat , 35, to imprisonment till death.

Public prosecutor Rajendra Giri said, "When the sentence was handed out, there was no sign of remorse on the face of the accused."

"The survivor cannot stand on her legs. So shocked were relatives of the accused that no one from the extended family came to the court during trial of the case," Giri said.

"The accused, who didn't have a lawyer was provided one by the administration," he said, adding, "The survivor is being taken care of by the younger brother of accused."

The incident took place on March 7, 2013. After the death of his wife in 2011, he was living with her daughter. On the day of incident, when neighbours heard cries of the girl at around 9 pm, they peeped through the window. To their horror, they were shocked to see the accused was forcing him on his daughter, prosecution sources said. The girl was bleeding profusely. Some of them rushed inside and caught the accused. They thrashed him and handed him over to the police. The girl was sent to hospital.

