Lahore: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday acquitted three convicts serving life imprisonment in connection with the Kasur child abuse case.
A two-member bench of the LHC led by Justice Shehram Sarwar Chaudhry announced the verdict on the appeals filed by the accused challenging their life sentences in the case.
During the hearing, the applicants’ lawyers informed the court that the forensic examination of the video conducted by authorities failed to conclusively identify the men currently serving jail sentences. They said that certain sections of the Anti-Terrorism Act applied to the convicted were not truly applicable, and the medical reports did not substantiate the presented evidence.
Talking to the media after the verdict announced, advocate represented the convicts said that the court had released his clients after accepting their pleas. He said, a total of six primary suspects had been implicated in the case, with three having been released earlier, while the remaining three were acquitted today (Wednesday).
The distressing scandal unfolded in 2105 in the village of Hussain Khanwala in Kasur.
In the case, several suspects allegedly working as a gang had shot videos documenting the sexual abuse of at least 280 children. The criminals exploited their heinous acts by allegedly blackmailing parents, threatening to leak the videos unless they paid a ransom.