The doctor had committed the sexual assault under the influence of alcohol.The lawyer appearing for the doctor contended that the testimony of the daughter was tutored.Holding that over 12 lakh cases were pending in the Allahabad High Court, the lawyer said the appeal against the convict would not be heard any time soon.The top court said that cannot be grounds for suspension of sentence.The lawyer then withdrew the plea and the matter was dismissed as withdrawn.In the FIR, the survivor’s mother had accused her husband of sexually assaulting their daughter.The survivor’s mother had stated that she stays in Varanasi while her estranged husband stays at Haldwani where he runs a nursing home.On March 23, 2018, the doctor took his daughter along with him to Haldwani and on March 30 telephoned his wife to take her back.Later, the girl told her mother that her father was a bad man and had indulged in bad touch.
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