Two get death, life terms in separate murder cases

Qadir Bakhsh had gunned down Muhammad Inayat in connivance with his accomplices over a dispute in 2017

SARGODHA: A court awarded death sentence to an accused for his involvement in a murder case in Shahpur. The judgment was announced by Additional Sessions Judge Javed Iqbal Ranjha.

The prosecution told the court that accused Qadir Bakhsh had gunned down Muhammad Inayat in connivance with his accomplices Muhammad Sher, Muhammad Khan, Mumtaz and Sikandar over a dispute in 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 the death sentence to Qadir Bakhsh.

However, the judge acquitted the four other accused on the benefit of doubt.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs0.3 million on the convict. The judge ordered that the convict will have to undergo an additional five months imprisonment if he fails to pay the penalty.

In another judgment, Additional Sessions Judge Chaudhry Qamaruz Zaman awarded life sentence to a man for killing a person in Bhalwal.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 1^st, 2018.