New Delhi, Feb. 15 -- After noting the contradiction in the MLC and statement of the 4-year-old daughter before the magistrate, the court on Saturday granted anticipatory bail to the father, accused of sexual assault on her.

The court also noted that there is a matrimonial dispute between the accused and his wife. At the time of MLC, the mother was alongwith the daughter at the hospital.

Special Judge (POCSO) Sachin Jain, after noting the contradiction and hearing the submissions, granted bail to the accused and asked him to join the investigation and cooperate in it.

While granting anticipatory bail the court observed, "The victim is only 4 years of age. Neither in the memorandum of the statement nor in the statement recorded before t...