Man sentenced to death for murdering rival

Court awards three year jail term to two others

FAISALABAD: A court awarded a death sentence to a murder convict and three years imprisonment to two others for their involvement in a murder case in Faisalabad on Wednesday.

The judgment was announced by Additional Sessions Judge Khalid Saeed Wattoo. The prosecution told the court that accused Yasir Abbas, Noman, Adnan and Bilal had gunned down their rival Ali Ahsan over enmity some three years back.



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 Yasir and awarded three years jail term to Adnan and Bilal. However, the court declared Noman as a proclaimed offender.



The judge also imposed a fine of Rs 0.2 million on Yasir Abbas. The court ordered that if the convict failed to pay the fine, he would have to undergo an additional six-month jail term.

Earlier in July, 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 prosecution told the court that accused Ramzan, Ahmad Nawaz, Ahmed Khan, Ejaz, Lakh Mir and Haq Nawaz had gunned down Mehr over a property dispute in 2015.



After hearing the arguments, the judge handed down death sentence to Ramzan and awarded life term to two of his accomplices. However, the court acquitted three co-accused due to lack of evidence.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 21^st, 2017.