Man awarded 10 years in prison for assaulting judge

He is awarded Rs70,000 fine as well

DERA GHAZI KHAN: The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Dera Ghazi Khan on Thursday sentenced a man to 10 years in prison after he was found guilty of assaulting a magistrate in April 2016.

ATC Judge Shakir Hassan sentenced Naseer Ahmad to five-year rigorous imprisonment and Rs20,000 fine under Section 7(h) of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997. He was awarded two-year rigorous imprisonment under Section 506 PPC along with Rs20,000 fine. The attacker will also be subjected to two-year rigorous imprisonment with Rs20,000 fine under Section 353 PPC, one-year rigorous imprisonment and Rs10,000 fine under Section 186 PPC and another six-month rigorous imprisonment under Section 228 PPC also.

The FIR was registered against the accused on April 19, 2016 on a written complaint of Muhammad Hussain, the stenographer of Magistrate Section 30, Muhammad Masrooq Ashiq.  

Published in The Express Tribune, August 2^nd, 2019.