New Delhi, Jan. 23 -- The Delhi high court has upheld the life sentence of a man convicted of raping his 14-year-old daughter, observing that a father entrusted with protecting his kid can't be shown any leniency. "A father who is supposed to safeguard the safety and security of his own daughter can't be shown any relaxation in such cases," a bench of justices Prathiba M Singh and Madhu Jain said in an order released on January 21. The court gave the ruling on January 15 while hearing the man's appeal against a trial court's July 30 and August 29, 2025, orders convicting him of rape, criminal intimidation and aggravated penetrative sexual assault under the Pocso Act, and gave him life term. The case was registered in July 2021, after the vi...