ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court suspended on Monday the sentence of a judge and his wife in a case related to torturing a child maid, Tayyaba.
Suspended Additional District and Sessions Judge Raja Khurram Ali Khan and his wife Maheen Zafar had challenged their year-long imprisonment in IHC on Friday.
A two-member bench of IHC, comprising justices Azharmanullah and Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, suspended their sentence and adjourned the hearing till the second week of May.
On April 17, the IHC announced its verdict in the Tayyaba torture case after over a year-long period of proceedings.
IHC Justice Aamer Farooq ruled that suspended Additional District and Sessions Judge Raja Khurram Ali Khan and his wife Maheen Zafar would serve a year each in prison for torturing the child maid under Section 328-A (cruelty to a child).
