CREATIVE COMMONS
The Sindh High Court (SHC) directed on Tuesday the district and sessions judge to verify the authenticity of a compromise reached between three convicts and the family of a victim killed five years ago.
Headed by Justice Muhammad Farooq Shah, the bench passed the order while hearing the convicts' application to accept their compromise with the victim's legal heirs.
A district and sessions court had awarded life imprisonment to brothers Hanif, Junaid and Waheed in 2011 after they were found guilty of murdering Afzal Khan and injuring Saeed in District South.
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They were also ordered to pay fines. The convicts had appealed against the conviction and sentences in the SHC. On Tuesday, their lawyer informed the court that they had reached a settlement with the victim's family. "One of the legal heirs of the victim, Afzal Khan, pardoned the convicts by accepting Diyat (blood money) from them," he added.
The court was therefore pleaded to accept the compromise and order the release of the accused, who had been imprisoned since several years.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 27th, 2016.
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