Drug pusher gets life term for possessing drugs. PHOTO: FILE
The judgment was announced by Additional Sessions Judge Khalid Saeed Wattoo.
The prosecution told the court that accused Ghulam Mustafa and his accomplices Ansar, Bashir and Shamshad Bibi had gunned down their rivals Irfan, Nasir, Liaqat and Yawar over a property dispute in 2011.
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 Ghulam Mustafa along with a fine of Rs1.2 million as compensation money. However, the court acquitted Bashir and Shamshad Bibi over lack of evidence while Ansar was declared a proclaimed offender. The accused was sent to District Jail Faisalabad.
Meanwhile, a drug pusher was awarded life term for possessing drugs. Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Ghulam Rasool handed down the life sentence.
The prosecution told the court Wajid Ali was arrested by anti-narcotics force in 2012 and confiscated 12 kilogrammes of hashish from his possession. After examining the evidence and hearing the witnesses, the judge awarded life imprisonment to Wajid.
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, April 26th, 2017.
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