Former judge, wife jailed for one year in Tayyaba torture case

ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad High Court sentenced a former judge and his wife to one year in prison, in the Tayyaba torture case on Tuesday (today).

Justice Aamer Farooq announced the verdict against former Additional District and Sessions Judge Raja Khurram Ali Khan and his wife Maheen Zafar.

The accused were also fined Rs 50, 000 each in the case which refers to the torture of the minor maid, the judgment regarding which was reserved on March 27, after the court heard the final arguments from both sides.

On December 29, 2016, Tayyaba, a 10-year-old tortured maid was recovered from the house of the judge from a suburban area of the federal capital.

https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/tortured-maid-tayyaba-recovered-police/

The case of the alleged torture of the maid caught the media’s attention after she was recovered from the residence of Additional Sessions Judge Raja Khurram Ali Khan who was probed over alleged torture of 10-year-old as the issue sparked outrage on social and mainstream media.

An investigation report by the police had found that the wife of the judge was responsible for torturing the child maid, moreover, the report also accused Khurram of indirect criminal negligence.

https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/tayyaba-torture-case-accused-judge-his-wife-record-statements-deny-allegation-of-torture/

Later, on January 3, 2017, Tayyaba's parents reached a compromise and forgave the accused after which Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar took a suo motu notice of the compromise agreement and ordered the IHC to conduct a trial of the case.

In total, the statements of 19 witnesses were recorded in the case, wherein 11 were from civil servants and eight from private witnesses, including Tayyaba's parents.