Rape victims will not be jailed

[Iconoclast]

Re: Rape victims will not be jailed

@ahmadjee

Iconoclast Sahib, “At least half of the women in Pakistani prisons are either awaiting trial or have already been convicted under the Hudood laws.”, I suggest you read the whole article.

In the current law, any person can accuse an unmarried woman of adultry as long as she is pregnent, without any proof. She can cry rape all she wants.

Even in case of afran Bibi Federal Shariat Court ruled that pregnancy itself is not a proof of adultery. You can do a google search and find it.

However, what you accuse that a female coming to police station with complain of rape without 4 witnesses was tried is completely wrong. Rather the law stated that if 4 witnesses aren’t available then it can still be persecuuted under Tazir.

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10.Zina or zina-bil-jabr liable to tazir.
(1)Subject to the provisions of section 7, whoever commits zina or zina-bil-jabr which is not liable to hadd, or for which proof in either of the forms mentioned in section 8 is not available and the punishment of qazf liable to hadd has not been awarded to the complainant, or for which hadd may not be enforced under this Ordinance, shall be liable to tazir. (2)Whoever commits zina liable to tazir shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which [Click here for amendment]](Criminal Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 1980)may extend to ten years and with whipping numbering thirty stripes, and shall also be liable to fine. (3)Whoever commits zina-bil-jabr liable to tazir shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which [Click here for amendment]](Offence of Zina (Enforcement of Hudood) (Amdendment) Act, 1997.)shall not be less than four years nor more than twenty-five years and shall also be awarded the punishment of whipping numbering thirty stripes. (4)When zina-bil-jabr liable to tazir is committed by two or more persons in furtherance of common intention of all each of such persons shall be punished with death

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