A 10-year-old rape victim who was denied an abortion by India's top court has given birth to a baby girl.

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Victim reportedly raped by uncle Two courts reject bid for abortion

Two courts reject bid for abortion Nearly 11,000 cases of child rape reported in India in 2015

The girl is not aware that she has given birth, or that was she was pregnant.

Her parents told their daughter she was undergoing stomach surgery to remove a stone.

"The girl is doing fine, she is recovering," said Dasari Harish, who heads a committee overseeing the girl's care.

"We expect she will be discharged early next week."

The girl, whose identity has been kept secret, delivered the baby by Caesarean section in a state hospital in the north-western city of Chandigarh, said Mr Harish, who is a hospital physician.

"The parents of the girl have refused to take custody of the child, and have agreed to her adoption through the state agency," he said.

"They said they don't even want to see the child."

Local media reports said the girl had been raped by an uncle and he was now under arrest.

The pregnancy was discovered when the child was taken to hospital last month after complaining of stomach pains, and was found to be about 30 weeks pregnant.

Abortion rejected because of late stage of pregnancy

A local court refused to grant the child an abortion, saying it was too risky at such a late stage.

A plea in the Supreme Court was dismissed for the same reason on July 28.

Indian law prohibits terminations at more than 20 weeks unless the mother's life is in danger or in exceptional circumstances.

An increasing number of such cases have come to the courts in recent years.

In May, a court allowed another 10-year-old girl allegedly raped by her stepfather to undergo an abortion.

As many as 10,854 cases of child rape were reported in India in 2015, according to the National Crime Records Bureau.

Reuters