Death penalty for murder convict

FAISALABAD: Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Raja Perveez Akhtar on Friday awarded capital punishment on two counts to a man he convicted of murder.

Prosecution said on April 16, Nasir Hussain, a resident of Ahmadpur Sial, had beaten his wife after an argument, doused her with petrol and set her alight. They said the woman was taken to a hospital where she died. Hussain was arrested and confessed to killing his wife during the trial. After hearing the witnesses and examining the evidence, the judge awarded death penalty on two counts to Hussain. The court awarded death penalty under Section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and imposed a fine of Rs500,000 on the convict. The court also awarded capital punishment under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act and fined the convict Rs500,000. The judge also awarded him life imprisonment under Section 336 of the PPC.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 19^th, 2016.