Peshawar High Court has freed a man convicted of assaulting a deaf and vocally impaired woman after he 'agreed' to marry her, inviting stern online backlash.
Daulat Khan, 23, was awarded a life sentence by an additional district & sessions judge in May for the 2020 rape of a 36-year-old woman in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Swat district.
Besides the aforesaid sentence, he was also fined Rs0.1 million for committing the heinous crime, CNN said.
On Monday (Dec 26), the Mingora bench of PHC acquitted Khan after the two legally married in light of an 'out-of-court' jirga (tribal court) settlement.
The development has enraged many social media users, who called out the basis of the aforesaid verdict.
https://twitter.com/Sumairakm/status/1607430748486639616
https://twitter.com/kj_kombat/status/1607637652831961090
https://twitter.com/_merajhasan/status/1608290412212502530
https://twitter.com/AWGoraya/status/1607248006029447168
https://twitter.com/Craaazzzeee/status/1607676980258025478
https://twitter.com/bareilybot/status/1608343710143504385
https://twitter.com/yowassuppal/status/1607280997737062404
Daulat Khan, 23, was awarded a life sentence by an additional district & sessions judge in May for the 2020 rape of a 36-year-old woman in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Swat district.
Besides the aforesaid sentence, he was also fined Rs0.1 million for committing the heinous crime, CNN said.
On Monday (Dec 26), the Mingora bench of PHC acquitted Khan after the two legally married in light of an 'out-of-court' jirga (tribal court) settlement.
The development has enraged many social media users, who called out the basis of the aforesaid verdict.
https://twitter.com/Sumairakm/status/1607430748486639616
https://twitter.com/kj_kombat/status/1607637652831961090
https://twitter.com/_merajhasan/status/1608290412212502530
https://twitter.com/AWGoraya/status/1607248006029447168
https://twitter.com/Craaazzzeee/status/1607676980258025478
https://twitter.com/bareilybot/status/1608343710143504385
https://twitter.com/yowassuppal/status/1607280997737062404