Man gets death penalty for murder

Umer Farooq and his friend Zaheer had beaten a man to death using sticks over a petty dispute in 2013


APP July 27, 2017
Umer Farooq and his friend Zaheer had beaten a man to death using sticks over a petty dispute in 2013. PHOTO: AFP

WAH: A man was handed the death penalty by a local court, while his accomplice was sentenced to life in prison for murder.

According to the prosecution, Umer Farooq and his friend Zaheer had beaten a man to death using sticks over a petty dispute on Jallala Road, in the Nawababad area, on July 7, 2013.

Both the suspects were found guilty of the charge. Consequently, Additional Sessions Judge Amir Shahbaz sentenced Farooq to death and handed Zaheer a life term. The convicts were asked to pay Rs500,000 as compensation to the family of the deceased.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 27th, 2017.

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