PESHAWAR – The principal of a private school has been sentenced to 105years in prison on charges of child abuse, pornography, rape, blackmail andmaintaining illicit relations.
Peshawar Sessions Judge Younis Khan handed down the sentence along with afine of Rs1.4 million on Tuesday.
The convict, Attaullah Marwat, who is also the owner of the private school,was detained after the Hayatabad police station registered a case againsthim on July 14, 2017, on the complaint of a boy student, who had accusedhim of sexually exploiting schoolchildren, including girls, and filmingthem with secret cameras installed on campus.
His sentence followed testimonies of as many as 25 of his direct andindirect victims.
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A trial court had framed charges against him on eight counts under thePakistan Penal Code, including Section 354-A (stripping a woman of herclothes), 376 (punishment for rape), 377-B (sexual abuse of child), 489-C(counterfeit currency), 497 (adultery) and 509 (sexual harassment), andSections 48 (child pornography), 50 (seducing a child) and 53 (sexualabuse) of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Child Protection and Welfare Act, 2010.
He was found guilty of all charges and handed various jail sentences undereach section — resulting in a total prison term of 105 years.
