Man Gets Life Term For Stepdaughter’s Rape

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BAHAWALNAGAR: A sessions court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment in a case pertaining to the rape of his stepdaughter in Haroonabad.

A case was registered against the convict, Khubaib Abid of Qamarpura, on June 21, 2024, under Section 376 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).

According to the FIR lodged at Haroonabad city police station by the rape survivor’s mother, after her divorce she contracted second marriage with the convict around 12 years ago.

She said that she had a 15-year-old daughter from her first marriage, who lived with her.

She said on June 18, 2024, her second husband raped her daughter when she was away.

Haroonabad Additional District and Sessions Judge, Special Anti-rape Court, Khizar Hayat Minhas, after recording evidence and hearing arguments from both sides, announced a guilty verdict against Khubaib.

The court also slapped Rs100,000 fine on the convict, to be paid to the victim, and ruled that in case of default on payment of fine, he shall serve an additional six-month imprisonment.

Published in Dawn, March 27th, 2025

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