Chandigarh, April 26 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has sought a report from the Kaithal authorities, about a minor girl, who was subjected to rape and exploited for financial gains by various persons. The matter had come to light in February this year and a criminal case was registered. It has now reached high court as one of the accused person had approached for bail.

"Such incidents of sexual abuse of a minor child not only rob the child of her childhood, but the child suffers irrevocable mental and physical trauma and it is impossible for a child to come out of such a trauma," the bench of justice NS Shekhawat observed taking note of the averments that the girl child has been thrown out of her home and the family is still not r...