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The judgment was announced by Additional Sessions Judge Israr Zada. The prosecution told the court that accused Omar Farooq, resident of Chak No 117/SB, had killed a man Nawaz Cheema, over a business deal on August 14, 2007.
Death penalty in murder cases
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 the accused along with a fine of Rs200,000 as compensation money.
Earlier in 2017, a court awarded death sentence to a murder convict and life term to two others for their involvement in a murder case in Sargodha. The judgment was announced by Additional District and Sessions Judge Saadat Hussain Malik. Convict Muhammad Ramzan and his companions had gunned down Mehr over a property dispute in 2015.
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The judge handed down death sentence to Ramzan and awarded life term to two of his accomplices.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 25th, 2017.
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