LARKANA: The Model Criminal Trial Court Qambar-Shahdadkot on Friday handed down life imprisonment sentence to an accused after he proved guilty of subjecting a minor boy to rape.

The judge Tariq Bhatti, who also heads special court for gender-based violence, also imposed on the convict Rs100,000 fine and awarded him 10 years more rigorous imprisonment in a separate case for possession of an unlicensed weapon.

In case of default on the payment of fine, the convict would undergo another six months rigorous imprisonment, said the order.

It said the court had time and again provided the convict chances to prove himself innocent but he failed.

The convict was arrested red-handed on June 20, 2022, while committing rape with the 12-year-old boy and afterwards, an FIR was registered with A-Section police station in Shahdadkot on a compliant filed by the victim’s father.

A separate case for possession of an unlicensed pistol was also registered against the convict, who was arrested minutes after registration of the FIR.

Later, the convict, who was present in the court, was whisked away to Larkana central prison after announcement of the verdict.

Published in Dawn, May 10th, 2025