Court sends man behind prison for blackmailing two women 

RAWALPINDI – On Tuesday, an additional district and sessions judge sentenced a man to four years imprisonment and imposed Rs 2 million fine after declaring him guilty of harassing and blackmailing a woman and her family by sharing objectionable pictures on social media.

The convict will have to face one more year imprisonment in case of non-payment of fine. The court also ordered the convict to pay Rs 200,000 to compensate the victim woman.

Convict Amir Abbas had shared the objectionable pictures of the applicant and her sister on WhatsApp, besides harassing and using offensive language against the duo. A complaint was registered with the Cyber Crime Wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) against the convict by the victim girl, a resident of Chakwal.

Following the FIA’s Cyber Crime Wing investigation, Amir Abbas was taken into custody, and the investigators confiscated his laptop and smartphone. During the hearing, the sentence was read out by ADSJ Rawalpindi Ahsan Mehmood Malik after finding him guilty under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), 2016. The judge ordered the investigators to pledge/sell the moveable and immovable property of the accused if he can’t pay the fine and compensation.

Source: The Nation