RAWALPINDI, Aug 26: The judge of anti-terrorist court  on Monday awarded six months of rigorous imprisonment and a fine  of Rs1,000 to a member of a banned  outfit.

In case, he fails to pay the fine, he,  Abdur Rehman, will have to undergo one more month in jail.

According to Waris Khan police, the convict was a member  of Sipah-i-Sahaba  and Lashkar-i-Jhangvi and was possessing inflammatory literature when arrested.

The  additional district and sessions judge, Chaudhry Imtiaz, on Monday summoned  four persons, who had allegedly sodomised a boy.

The complaint was filed by  Sarwar, who had contended in the petition that his 16-year-old brother had been sodomised by four persons. He maintained that his brother was dragged by four persons to a house where he was sodomised.

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