Rapist get life term

A Correspondent Published January 25, 2025

OKARA: The Dipalpur additional sessions judge as anti-rape special judge handed down life imprisonment and a Rs500,000 fine to a man in a rape case registered by Hujra Shah Muqeem police under section 376 of the PPC.

He was arrested for raping a 10-year-old mentally slow girl in Hujra in September 2023.

The convict was arrested and sent to the district jail.

Published in Dawn, January 25th, 2025

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