A judge of session court on Tuesday handed down a total of 105 years in prison to a private school’s principal on charges of child abuse, pornography, rape, blackmail and maintaining illicit relations. The convict, Attaullah Marwat, was also fined Rs1.4 million in addition to the jail terms. The sentences were handed down by Sessions Judge Younis Khan. The accused, who is a private school’s owner, was arrested after the Hayatabad police station registered a case against him on July 14, 2017, charging him of sexually exploiting schoolchildren, including girls, and filming them with secret cameras installed on campus.
A trial court had framed charges against him on eight counts under 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 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
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