Man gets 25-year jail for raping daughter

BAHAWALPUR: Dunyapur Additional Sessions Judge Rafaqat Ali Qamar handed down 25-year jail term, along with a Rs100,000 fine to a man for raping his 15-year-old daughter.

According to the prosecution, accused Irshad on May 2, 2022, raped his daughter ‘Z’ after drugging her in his house at 354/WB village in the limits of Dunyapur police station in Lodhran district.

The police, on the complaint of girl’s aunt Karam Bibi registered a case (FIR No 387/22) under sections 376 and 337 of the Pakistan Penal Code.

After arrest of the accused, his challan was submitted in the court.

District Police Office (DPO) Hissam Bin Iqbal of Lodhran welcomed court’s judgement in the case of heinous crime, saying the rapist got punished due to police’s standardised investigation and speedy prosecution, calling it victory of justice.

Meanwhile, city Kahrore Pucca police claimed to have arrested a man under the Telegraph Act on charges of making hoax telephone call to police about a “murder” in the area.

source:https://www.dawn.com/news/1745193/man-gets-25-year-jail-for-raping-daughter