Delhi High Court upholds 10-year jail term for mother of 3 who said abuse was ‘okay’

4 min readNew DelhiJul 29, 2026 06:00 PM IST The mother had the parental and legal duty to protect her children, the Delhi High Court said, while dismissing the woman's appeal challenging her conviction. (AI-generated image)The Delhi High Court recently upheld the conviction of a man for repeatedly sexually assaulting his three minor cousins aged between two and eight years, and confirmed the conviction of their mother, observing that she ignored her daughters’ repeated complaints, continued allowing the accused to stay in the house, and hence facilitated further abuse. Dismissing their appeal and upholding 12 years’ imprisonment for the accused and 10 years’ imprisonment for the mother, Justice Chandrasekharan Sudha noted in the July 28 order that the matter came to light only when the el