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Kota: Setting an example of speedy trial in cases of rape of minor girl, a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court in Kota on Saturday gave a 40-year-old man life term till death for raping his 13-year-old daughter. The minor daughter narrated her plight following which the mother on May 29 reached Kota SP (Rural) and submitted a complaint in the matter, SPP said. The father continued raping the daughter for months till May 20 this year when the mother visited her husband’s home at Kaithun town to look after her two kids. The decision came in just 14 working days after filing of chargesheet in the matter on July 4.Special judge of (POCSO) court in Kota, Girish Kumar Aggarwal on Saturday convicted a 40-year-old man (identity not disclosed as the minor victim in the case is convict’s daughter), a resident of Kaithun area of Kota district to life term in jail till death for raping his 13-year-old daughter for months at his home, special public prosecutor (SPP) of POCSO court, Kamal Kant Sharma told TOI. The court also imposed a penalty of Rs 50,000, he added.The victim’s mother along with her three children had been living separately from her husband in Kansuwa area of Kota city since May 2017 as her husband, the convict, would beat and torture her in inebriated condition daily, the SPP said, adding but the convict brought back his younger son and minor daughter on the pretext of taking care of the two siblings..