India, Sept. 18 -- The Delhi High Court has cancelled the bail of a man accused of repeatedly raping his daughter since she was 10, calling it an "unfortunate case" of betrayal by a father who was meant to protect her.

Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, in her verdict delivered Tuesday and released later, said there could be nothing more serious than a child being subjected to such exploitation by the very person who is her father and was bound by a sacred duty to safeguard her well-being.

"It is an unfortunate case of physical and sexual exploitation of the petitioner by none other than her own father, since she was about 10 years old. There cannot be anything more grave than a child being abused by her own father, who gave her birth and ho...