settlement: Kidnapping, rape suspects acquitted

ISLAMABAD: A sessions court on Thursday acquitted four members of a family who had been booked for allegedly kidnapping a woman.

Bhara Khau police had booked a man and three of his sons for kidnapping and raping a woman in May this year.

However, Additional District and Sessions Judge Raja Khurram Ali Khan acquitted them of the charge after the principal suspect reached an out-of-court settlement with the complainant.

Meanwhile, Additional District and Sessions Judge Pervaizul Qadir Memon also acquitted a man accused of raping a woman. The suspect, who had been booked by the Golra police earlier this year, was acquitted on the basis of police report which exonerated him.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 16^th, 2016.