ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) today indicted Additional District and Sessions Judge Raja Khurram Ali Khan and his wife Maheen Zafar for torturing their 10 year old maid, Tayyaba.
Both the judge and his wife will each serve one year in prison.
The case, that garnered immense traction on social media, revolved around Tayyaba who was recovered from the judge’s house following a complaint neighbours registered with the police on the 29th of December, 2016.
Following the revelation, a First Information Report (FIR) was filed with the police against the judge and his wife, and a subsequent inquiry by the police held the judge’s wife guilty of torture, while Judge Khurram was accused of indirect criminal negligence.
In January 2017, Tayyaba’s parents reached a compromise with the accused, but Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar took suo moto notice of the compromise, and ordered that the IHC proceed with a trial against the accused.
