Rawalpindi - A court on Thursday awarded death penalty to a man for the rape of a five-year-old girl.
The Additional District and Sessions judge Jahangir Ali Gondal sentenced Munir Ahmed to death for the crime committed in January 2020 in Ratta Amral, the limits of Police Station Ratta Amral.
The court also imposed fine of Rs500,000 besides ordering him to pay Rs500,000 as compensation to the victim family.
The accused had lured the girl away from her house on the pretext of giving her chocolates and had raped her, according to police.
The father of the girl got registered a rape case against the accused while police held him.
“This court held Munir guilty of the charges of rape and sentenced him to death,” said a prosecution lawyer.
Source: nation.com.pk, Staff, February 5, 2021
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