Court hands death penalty to man

Judge acquits three over lack of evidence

FAISALABAD: A court awarded death sentence to an accused for his involvement in a murder case in Faisalabad on Monday.

The judgment was announced by Additional District and Sessions Judge Rana Shaukat Ali.

The prosecution told the court that accused Sajid and his accomplices Manzoor, Abid and Mubashir had gunned down a man Arshad over an old enmity a few years ago.

The local police registered a case against the accused and presented the challan before the court. After hearing the arguments, the judge handed down death sentence to Sajid along with a fine of Rs0.4 million as compensation money. However, the court acquitted Manzoor, Abid and Mubashir over lack of evidence. The accused was sent to District Jail Faisalabad.



Earlier on February 25, 2017, a court awarded death sentence to an accused for his involvement in a murder case in Sargodha. The judgment was announced by Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhary Muhammad Tariq.

Accused Hassan Sher, resident of Jabbi village, Tehsil Johrabad, had gunned down a man Munawwar Shahzad over a petty dispute in July 2015.

The local police registered a case against the accused and presented the challan before the court.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 21^st, 2017.