A court in Karachi on Wednesday handed down rigorous life imprisonment to a man for raping his niece.  Additional District and Sessions Judge-West Irshad Hussain pronounced the verdict. The court also slapped Rs200,000 in fine on the convict, saying he would have to remain behind bars for six more months in the event of non-payment of the amount.  The judge, while reading out the verdict, said that the victim girl had clearly said that her uncle had repeatedly raped her. The prosecutor said that since the girl’s parents were presently in jail in a case of narcotics, her paternal aunt took her under her wings. “And it was when the girl was at her aunt’s home when her uncle raped her in the absence of his wife,” he elaborated. The judge said that the prosecution had succeeded in proving the defendant offender.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan