Man gets life term in rape case
National
February 27, 2021
MANSEHRA: A local court on Friday handed down life imprisonment to a culprit in the sexual assault of a hearing and speech impaired minor girl in 2019.
The court of Additional Sessions Judge Usman Bashir also awarded the convict an extra seven-year imprisonment and imposed Rs50,000 fine under section 53 of the Child Protection Act, 2018.
“The convict would spend an overall 32 years in the jail under both sentences proclaimed by the judge under section 376 of PPC and section 53 of the Child Protection Act and Rs0.5 million fine would be given away as compensation to the victim,” advocate Asim Mushhadi, who pleaded the case of victim in the court, told reporters.