A fine of Rs 50,000 has also been imposed on Retired Army Officer Lalit Balhara and his wife Preeti for torturing their child.
New Delhi: A Delhi court sentenced the parents who tortured their three-year-old kid, to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on them. The child's father who is an Army Major and his stepmother were convicted for torturing him.
The thirteen year old had deposed against the parents revealing details of how he was regularly beaten by them since he was three.
The child had developed 17 fractures, multiple strokes, has cerebral palsy and is classified as 90 per cent disabled.
Retired Army Officer Lalit Balhara and his wife Preeti had been convicted by a sessions court of baby battering with intention to kill.
They had pleaded for leniency from a trial court in the last hearing.
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