Court acquits two in maid’s murder case

Victim’s heirs pardon accused ‘without any pressure’

LAHORE:

A sessions court on Friday acquitted a female doctor and her husband, allegedly involved in the murder of their maid, after being pardoned by the victim’s family.

The accused Dr Humaira and her husband Junaid were charged with killing their maid Sana in limits of Chung police station. The police had claimed that the couple used to torture their maid and during one such incident of physical assault, she succumbed to her injuries due to non-provision of medical facility.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Rana Imran Shafi pronounced his judgement after recording final arguments from both sides.

The judge accepted compromise applications, moved by the accused and the family of the victim supported by their affidavits and acquitted them of the charges.

Earlier, the victim’s family recorded their statement before the court and submitted that they had pardoned the accused Dr Humaira and Junaid without any fear or pressure.

The family said that they did not have an objection if the accused were acquitted. A sessions court had granted bail to the two suspects in the case.

The police had recovered the body of the maid from the house of the doctor in Chung area in January this year. The doctor and her husband claimed that they found Sana dead when they returned home from work. Chung police had registered a case against the accused.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 3^rd, 2020.