Thanks Allysma. I see the status better now. I am sure you did your job fairly--your willingness to talk about the case and defend it here says that much. As we Hindus say-- as long as your conscience is clear, even if you are wrong, you didn't sin.

One thing strikes me about this case: perhaps the girl was vengeful because her boyfriend left her ("wrath of scorned girl" --as they say--is unlimited) and she attributed the breakup to Ajay since he strongly objected to her unrestrained lifestyle like any conservative Hindu father does, even though the boy likely left her because he didn't like her. The fact that she was lying most of the time in the court, about abortions and so on (if I understand correctly) should have been heavily weighted against her. She seems instable: but was her instability due to being repeatedly molested by her father? If yes, then, Ajay deserved what he got; if no, then jurors has a lifetime to regret about sending a protective father to jail for the rest of his life.