Man gets death penalty in murder case

Convict killed his wife and son over a property dispute

MULTAN: A court handed down a death sentence to a suspect for his involvement in a murder case in Multan.

The prosecution told the court that Shahbaz, in connivance with Qaiser, Muhammad Tariq, Muhammad Fayyaz, Ali Raza and Muhammad Sajid, gunned down a woman named Shamim Akhtar over a dispute on October 9, 2017.

The local police registered a case against the accused and presented the challan before the court. After hearing the arguments, the judge handed down a death sentence to Shahbaz. The court also imposed a fine of Rs0.2 million on the convict. The amount would be paid to the legal heirs of the deceased.

However, the judge acquitted the other five other co-accused, giving them the benefit of doubt.

Earlier, a court awarded death penalty to a convict for his involvement in a murder case in Faisalabad. Additional Sessions Judge Asadullah Siraj announced the verdict.

Convict Fakhar Imam had killed his wife Hina and son Hasnain Ali over a property dispute in 2015.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 21^st, 2018.