Judgment announced: Convict gets death penalty, life term in triple murder case

Accused had gunned down three people a few years ago to take revenge of an old dispute that was running between them

SIALKOT: A court awarded death sentence and life imprisonment to an accused in a triple murder case in Sialkot on Wednesday. The judgment was announced by Additional District and Session Judge Amjad Ali Bajwa.

The prosecution told the court that accused Shehzad had gunned down Afzaal, Iftikhar and Ehsan a few years ago in order to take revenge of an old dispute that was running between them. However, the police arrested him and registered an FIR.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs0.5 million that would be paid to the heirs of the victims.

Earlier on April 30, 2017, an additional and sessions court awarded death sentence to a man in a murder case in Dera Ghazi Khan. Additional District and Sessions judge Khizar Hayat handed down the death sentence to Farooq, who had opened fire on Hasan and his sons Majid and Qasim. The victims suffered bullet injures and Majid died at a hospital during treatment.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 4^th, 2017.