Lahore sessions court sentences 60-year-old to 6 years for sexually assaulting minor

E-Paper | May 05, 2026

A Lahore sessions court on Tuesday sentenced a 60-year-old man to six years in jail for sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl.

The court also ordered the convict, Muzaffar Hussain, to pay a Rs500,000 fine.

Two years ago, a case had been registered against Hussain under Sections 367 and 376 of the Pakistan Penal Code. The sections deal with kidnapping in order to subject person to grievous hurt and rape, respectively.

Hussain, a paraplegic, was brought to court in a wheelchair. He fainted when Judge Rehmat Ali read out the court's verdict.

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Rana Bilal is a Lahore-based reporter for Dawn News (TV) with over nine years of experience covering legal affairs, justice-sector developments, and environmental issues. He can be found on X at @ranabilaldawn.

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Shib

Oct 09, 2018 06:34pm

Hard to comprehend how a hanycap or physically challanged person can kidnap and physically assault a child of 8 years..It is unbelievable....

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Ahsan Gul

Oct 09, 2018 06:55pm

Let Court carry out this punishment and just don't go on his disabilities.

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KPK

Oct 09, 2018 07:10pm

Good. He belongs behind the bars. Sicko!

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HonorBright

Oct 09, 2018 07:18pm

Parents, trust nobody with your child. Let the courtesies take care of themselves.

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Zak

Oct 09, 2018 08:12pm

Excellent decision. Let this man, have remorse in prison.

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s.r.reddy

Oct 09, 2018 08:16pm

@Shib bro as per the article it happened two years back

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Khalifa

Oct 09, 2018 09:16pm

@Zak How can any one comment on a case and its verdict when one hardly knows any background?

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AMJAD KHAN

Oct 09, 2018 11:05pm

If he has been proven guilty beyond doubt he does not deserve any sympathy due to his age. He has proven by his acts that he is a dirty old man and should be removed from society and belongs in jail.

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Nadeem

Oct 09, 2018 11:55pm

At least the crime was reported and culprit punished;otherwise, even if these type of cases get reported, court process takes years to conclude and in the end these become justice delayed, justice denied!

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Ikram shahzad

Oct 10, 2018 03:08am

@Shib Maybe at the time of incident he was not in the state of handicap or it could be fierce that he is disable to prove his innocence by showing his false disability. whatever is he, he is not exempted by his self-gratification of sexual desire.

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Hamed Quraishi

Oct 10, 2018 03:09pm

Please DAWN give more details how it happened. It is a bit confusing.

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