The woman was badly burned and had to undergo three surgeries at Nishtar Hospital in Multan. PHOTO: FILE
The Sargodha Anti-Terrorism Court on Tuesday sentenced a man, convicted for throwing acid on a woman, to pay Rs1.8 million fine and undergo 25 years imprisonment. The woman had been attacked in Bhakkar a year earlier.
Ayub Aziz, 22, a resident of Mandi Town in Bhakkar district, had been pursuing a 19-year-old woman for several months. At the time, the woman, a resident of Aalima Abad Colony, was working as a nurse at the Bhakkar district headquarters hospital and studying for her intermediate examinations as she wanted to become a doctor.
Police said Aziz had been pressuring the woman to have illicit relations with him. When she repeatedly turned down his overtures, he threw acid on her. The woman was badly burned and had to undergo three surgeries at Nishtar Hospital in Multan.
Bhakkar City police arrested Aziz as he was about to escape to Dera Ismail Khan.
On Tuesday, Aziz was sentenced to 25 years in prison and also ordered to pay a Rs1.8 million fine. Three years would be added to the prison term if Aziz fails to pay the fine. The victim’s father, Muhammad Iqbal, had suffered a heart attack when he heard about the incident. He told The Express Tribune that he was satisfied with the court’s verdict and also appreciated the Bhakkar police’s efforts. Aziz’s father told The Express Tribune that they would challenge the court’s decision in the Lahore High Court.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 21st, 2014.
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Death would be a more suitable punish for that guy. As it would be a lesson for others boys that they don't have the right to destroy one's life just to satisfy the so cold ego thing.
Instead of giving the fine of Rs.1.18 million and serve 25 years behind the bars he would bribe the police and local judiciary to file a flawed prosecution and also the judiciary will discharge the case for lack of things here and there in the prosecution.I am not suggesting an escape route. Such things and easy route to acquittal of the culprits by the lower courts are very common. Corruption in police and in lower courts is rampant and nothing is impossible there. All said apart, I fully sympathise with the young girl and wish and hope the culprit loses his appeals in the higher courts and serve the entire period of sentence for his heinous crime.
He should have been given the death sentence.. And that too by having acid thrown on him.
One may not say if the punishment is justifiable or not, But the actions of the culprit has left an internal mark on the young woman's face. 25 years is not an internal punishment; and the court has put a cost on the woman's face. The emotional and physical pain the woman is under going will never fade away, even after he completes his time in prison. I just hope to see this man complete his 25 years in jail first and not roam a free man after couple of years.