A court hearing has begun in the Tashkent region regarding a 31-year-old citizen who fled from a settlement colony while working and raped a minor girl, the Supreme Court’s press service reports.
According to the information, the hearing is taking place at the Ohangaron City Criminal Court. The defendant was charged under Article 118, Part 4 (Rape of a person under fourteen years of age) and Article 119, Part 4 (Forced satisfaction of sexual needs in an unnatural form, committed against a person under fourteen years of age). The man faces 15 to 20 years in prison.
It is noted that the criminal case is being considered in a closed court session in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the country’s Criminal Procedure Code.
It should be noted that the incident became known on October 21, 2025, and the incident itself dates back to October 16. A 31-year-old convict, who fled from the colony-settlement No. 50 during labor work, raped a 3rd-grade student, after which he was detained by local residents in a field.
In 2018, he was sentenced to 16 years in prison under Article 118, Part 4 of the Criminal Code (Rape of a person under the age of 14) and sentenced to 2033 years in prison. By court decision in August 2024, he was transferred to a settlement colony to serve the remaining 9 years 2 months and 19 days of his sentence.
