PHC upholds death sentence of girl’s rapist, killer
PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court has upheld the conviction and death sentence on three counts of a man convicted of sexually assaulting and killing a nine-year-old girl in Mardan district over six years ago. A bench consisting of Justice Sahibzada Asadullah and Justice Inamullah Khan rejected an appeal filed by convict Akhtar Hussain and declared: “Having independently reappraised the evidence as…
Peshawar High Court has confirmed the death sentence for Akhtar Hussain, a man convicted of sexually assaulting and murdering a nine-year-old girl in Mardan district six years ago. A bench consisting of Justice Sahibzada Asadullah and Justice Inamullah Khan dismissed an appeal from Hussain, stating that there was no reason to interfere with the trial court's decision.
The trial court had sentenced Hussain to death in August 2025 under the Pakistan Penal Code and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Child Protection and Welfare Act. The girl went missing on March 26, 2020, and her body was found six days later in a water channel. The bench highlighted the erosion of moral values and increased cases of such crimes, stating that the law must take a strong stance against such acts to protect the vulnerable members of society.
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