PESHAWAR – A child protection court in the Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa’s capitalsentenced a cleric for sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl.
Judge Wadeeya Mushtaq Malik while announcing the verdict remarked that theaccused, Qari Saeed, was found guilty for sexually assaulting the minor andtherefore handed the death sentence under Section 376(3) of the PPC. Thecourt further fined Rs300,000 to the convict for causing mental andphysical trauma to the minor girl.
The judge added that the convict was a prayer leader in the mosque andcommitted the crime in one of its rooms. The convict also held a master’sdegree in Islamic studies.
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The official complaint of the sexual assault was lodged in March 2019 onthe complaint of the father of the victim. The convict didn’t accept thecharge and claimed that he was maligned for speaking against Ahmadicommunity scholar.
