Private school principal sentenced to 105 years jail over rape, pornography charges
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PESHAWAR – The principal of a private school has been sentenced to 105 years in prison on charges of child abuse, pornography, rape, blackmail and maintaining illicit relations.
Peshawar Sessions Judge Younis Khan handed down the sentence along with a fine 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 against him on July 14, 2017, on the complaint of a boy student, who had accused him of sexually exploiting schoolchildren, including girls, and filming them with secret cameras installed on campus.
His sentence followed testimonies of as many as 25 of his direct and indirect victims.
A trial court had framed charges against him on eight counts under the Pakistan Penal Code, including Section 354-A (stripping a woman of her clothes), 376 (punishment for rape), 377-B (sexual abuse of child), 489-C (counterfeit currency), 497 (adultery) and 509 (sexual harassment), and Sections 48 (child pornography), 50 (seducing a child) and 53 (sexual abuse) of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Child Protection and Welfare Act, 2010.
He was found guilty of all charges and handed various jail sentences under each section — resulting in a total prison term of 105 years.
