Man sentenced to death in murder case
The accused had shot dead a man who accused him of snatching a mobile phone.
KARACHI:
A man was sentenced to death for shooting a man, who allegedly stole his cellphone, but his friend was acquitted on Wednesday.
The additional district and sessions judge-VI, Manthar Ali Jatoi, sentenced Syed Abbas Ali to death but acquitted his friend, Syed Ali Shah, after hearing the final arguments in the case.
Ali was charged with the murder of 22-year-old Amjad Hussain when he accused him of snatching a mobile phone from his nephew, Muntazir Hussain. Enraged by his allegation, Ali shot at Amjad, who died on his way to the hospital.
The victim’s brother, Jamil Hussain, complained in the FIR that his brother was shot dead by Ali and accused Shah of helping him. The case (No. 476/2009) under sections 302 (premeditated murder), 212 (harbouring an offender) and 392 (punishment for robbery) of the Pakistan Penal Code was registered at the Gulistan-e-Jauhar police station.
Muntazir told the court that Ali had snatched his mobile phone at gunpoint while he was returning home from a video game shop in February 2009. Later, he and his uncle, Amjad, saw Ali at a general store where the shooting took place. The second witness was returning from a graveyard when he saw Ali, holding a gun in his hand, abusing the victim and then shooting him.
The defence lawyer, Imamuddin Chandio, argued that the court could not rely on the evidence provided by Muntazir as he was the nephew of Amjad and was aged below 16 years. Besides, the owner of the shop was not examined and no weapons were seized from Ali, he added.
The judge, however, accepted the details given in the post-mortem as they tallied with evidence and the defence lawyer didn’t challenge it throughout the case.
The accused was also directed to pay a fine of Rs100,000 to the heirs of Amjad. Shah, who was accused of providing shelter to the accused, was acquitted under Section 265-H of the Criminal Procedure Code as there was no direct evidence against him. The sentence, however, is subject to confirmation by the high court.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 30th, 2012.
A man was sentenced to death for shooting a man, who allegedly stole his cellphone, but his friend was acquitted on Wednesday.
The additional district and sessions judge-VI, Manthar Ali Jatoi, sentenced Syed Abbas Ali to death but acquitted his friend, Syed Ali Shah, after hearing the final arguments in the case.
Ali was charged with the murder of 22-year-old Amjad Hussain when he accused him of snatching a mobile phone from his nephew, Muntazir Hussain. Enraged by his allegation, Ali shot at Amjad, who died on his way to the hospital.
The victim’s brother, Jamil Hussain, complained in the FIR that his brother was shot dead by Ali and accused Shah of helping him. The case (No. 476/2009) under sections 302 (premeditated murder), 212 (harbouring an offender) and 392 (punishment for robbery) of the Pakistan Penal Code was registered at the Gulistan-e-Jauhar police station.
Muntazir told the court that Ali had snatched his mobile phone at gunpoint while he was returning home from a video game shop in February 2009. Later, he and his uncle, Amjad, saw Ali at a general store where the shooting took place. The second witness was returning from a graveyard when he saw Ali, holding a gun in his hand, abusing the victim and then shooting him.
The defence lawyer, Imamuddin Chandio, argued that the court could not rely on the evidence provided by Muntazir as he was the nephew of Amjad and was aged below 16 years. Besides, the owner of the shop was not examined and no weapons were seized from Ali, he added.
The judge, however, accepted the details given in the post-mortem as they tallied with evidence and the defence lawyer didn’t challenge it throughout the case.
The accused was also directed to pay a fine of Rs100,000 to the heirs of Amjad. Shah, who was accused of providing shelter to the accused, was acquitted under Section 265-H of the Criminal Procedure Code as there was no direct evidence against him. The sentence, however, is subject to confirmation by the high court.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 30th, 2012.