Man Sentenced to Death for Raping Minor Daughter

A man was sentenced to death after being found guilty of raping his 14-year-old daughter.

According to the details, an Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mian Shahid Javed, sentenced the man to be executed by hanging after he was found guilty of the heinous crime.

The judge noted, “A father is always considered a natural guardian and protector of his children, and if a daughter is teased by someone outside the house, she complains against him before her father while considering her father as her guardian but in the instant proposition, the real father, by committing incest, has destroyed the personality, soul, as well as the body of his real minor daughter.”

He added, “The minor has suffered psychological disaster,”

Under Section 376(3) of the Pakistan Penal Code, which pertains to rape and the imposition of the death penalty, the judge ordered that the defendant be executed by hanging until death. Additionally, the convict was directed t pay a fine of Rs. 1 million as compensation under Section 544-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) to the survivor.

In case of non-payment of the fine, the convict is to be jailed for a period of six months.

According to the details, the incident occurred in March of 2019 after the complainant heard noise coming from his paternal aunt’s house at night. The complainant rushed to his aunt’s house, who informed him that her husband had taken their 14-year-old daughter in the room, who was also heard crying.

When the convict refused the open the door, the complainant along with others in the area broke it down and found the complainant, the father, raping his daughter.

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