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The Supreme Court’s larger bench will decide whether ‘compromise’ is applicable to acquittal of people convicted under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act. A two-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali took up on Thursday the case of PML-N MNA Chaudhry Abid Raza’s acquittal for the murder of seven people.
SC had taken suo motu action while hearing the appeal of a PML-Q candidate against the election tribunal order in November 2015. Upon hearing the appeal, SC observed that Raza was acquitted under section 302 of PPC and 7ATA and questioned whether a person, who is convicted under 7ATA could be acquitted after a ‘compromise’ with the aggrieved.
During the hearing, Munir Bhatti, who appeared on behalf of PML-N MNA, contended that the chapter had been closed. The chief justice, however, remarked that a detailed judgement was yet to come over the issue.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 15th, 2016.
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