According to Mangal SHO Khalid Khan, Yasir Khan, 48, of Panda Pir Khan village, was nominated in the FIR by IK* the paternal uncle of AK* an eight-year-old who was allegedly raped by the suspect in his shop.
The SHO said that the police have registered a criminal case against the suspect under PPC Section 377 after the offense was proven in a medical examination of the victim.
The suspect, however, had obtained bail before arrest from a local court. This was cancelled by the court of an Abbottabad additional sessions judge after arguments by human rights lawyer Shabnam Nawaz, who was representing the victim.
*NAMES CHANGED TO PROTECT IDENTITY
Published in The Express Tribune, December 27th, 2016.
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