No reprieve: PHC upholds death penalty for triple murder convict
A Haripur sessions judge had sentenced Gulzar to death and imposed a fine of Rs300,000 in 2009
A Haripur sessions judge had sentenced Gulzar to death and imposed a fine of Rs300,000 in 2009. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
ABBOTTABAD:
The Peshawar High Court’s Abbottabad bench upheld the death penalty awarded to a man who had been convicted of a triple murder by a district and sessions’ court, lawyers said on Tuesday.
Giving details of the case, Advocate Masood Azhar said that on February 1, 2008, Gulzar – a resident of Muslimabad village had gunned down Zardad, his son Tahir and paternal nephew Khalid Zaman over the ownership of some trees.
A Haripur sessions judge had sentenced Gulzar to death and imposed a fine of Rs300,000 in 2009.
The convict, however, challenged his sentence in the Peshawar High Court.
After hearing arguments from all sides, a two-member PHC divisional bench comprising Justice Syed Afsar Ali Shah and Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim upheld the lower court’s verdict and rejected the appeal.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 22nd, 2017.
The Peshawar High Court’s Abbottabad bench upheld the death penalty awarded to a man who had been convicted of a triple murder by a district and sessions’ court, lawyers said on Tuesday.
Giving details of the case, Advocate Masood Azhar said that on February 1, 2008, Gulzar – a resident of Muslimabad village had gunned down Zardad, his son Tahir and paternal nephew Khalid Zaman over the ownership of some trees.
A Haripur sessions judge had sentenced Gulzar to death and imposed a fine of Rs300,000 in 2009.
The convict, however, challenged his sentence in the Peshawar High Court.
After hearing arguments from all sides, a two-member PHC divisional bench comprising Justice Syed Afsar Ali Shah and Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim upheld the lower court’s verdict and rejected the appeal.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 22nd, 2017.