Juvenile Gets 14-year Jail for Rape Bid on Minor Girl

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BAHAWALPUR: Vehari Additional District and Sessions Judge Traiq Mahmood Shad, in a juvenile trial, awarded 14 years’ sentence along with fine to a 14-year-old boy in an attempted rape case of a four-year-old girl.

According to the prosecution, Muhammad Zohaib (14) allegedly allured the girl child and attempted to rape her at Chak 533/ EB in 2025 in the limits of Machiwal Police Station in district Vehari.

Police, on the complaint of the victim’s grandmother, had registered a case.

The judge conducted a trial and awarded the sentence, including a fine of Rs1m.

Published in Dawn, March 6th, 2026.

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