Islamabad court hands 10-year jail terms to two men for blackmailing a 12-year-old girl using objectionable photos

ISLAMABAD: An Additional District and Sessions Court in Islamabad on Thursday sentenced two men to 10 years in prison each and imposed fines of Rs2 million on each after finding them guilty of blackmailing a 12-year-old girl and sharing her objectionable photographs.

After hearing all the arguments, the Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Afzal Majoka has passed this judgment for the accused persons.

The court has sentenced the two men, seven years each of imprisonment and fined them with Rs1 million each on the provisions of Section 22 of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016 (PECA).

Furthermore, under Section 24 of PECA, the two accused persons have been sentenced to three years each of imprisonment and fine of Rs1 million each making the total imprisonment to be ten years each and fine to be Rs2 million each.

The case was registered by the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency following a complaint filed by the minor girl's father.