BAHAWALPUR: The additional district and sessions judges (AD&SJ) in Lodhran and Kahror Pacca have handed down life sentences and heavy fines to four individuals convicted in two separate cases involving the rape of young boys.
In Kahror Pacca, AD&SJ Umar Farooq Awan sentenced two men, Abdullah Zafar and Shah Mir, to life imprisonment for the gang-rape of 13-year-old boy. A third accomplice, Mahad Saeed, was sentenced to five years in prison.
Report said on Nov 13, 2023, the convicts lured the victim while he was on his way to a bazaar. They took him by motorcycle to a vacant house at Saeed Chowk in Dhanote, where they gang-raped him and held him overnight.
The victim’s father searched for his son throughout the night. The boy was found the following day in a serious condition. Following a medical examination, Dhanote Police registered FIR No. 596/23 under Section 376(ii) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).
Abdullah Zafar was handed down life imprisonment and a fine of Rs1,000,000 and Shah Mir life term with fine worth Rs500,000. Mahad Saeed was awarded five- year imprisonment and a fine of Rs1,000,000.
All three must pay Rs200,000 each to the victim and in case of default will serve additional two months of imprisonment.In a separate trial, Judge Muhammad Ayyaz sentenced Mujahid Hussain to life imprisonment for the rape and abduction of a nine-year-old boy.
On Oct 25, 2022, Hussain abducted the child and took him to a deserted area near a graveyard in the village of Darbar Noori Lal. When the child resisted, the convict severely tortured him before committing the assault.
Gailiwal Police registered FIR No 458/22 under Sections 364-A, 376(ii), 377, and 511 of the PPC.
The court awarded life imprisonment and a fine of Rs300,000 (or six additional months in default), under Section 364-A, 10 years of rigorous imprisonment.
The convict Mujahid Hussain was further sentenced under Section 511 and 376(111) PPC to 14f years RI along with a fine of Rs200,000 or in default of further six months’ imprisonment.
The judge ordered that all sentences shall run concurrently.
Published in Dawn, December 25th, 2025.
