Capital punishment: ATC hands death penalty for bombing
Two other suspects arrested by the police, Atif and Zahid, were acquitted by the court.
The accused was also fined Rs300,000 and his property was confiscated.
GILGIT:
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday awarded death sentence along with life imprisonment to a man accused for a bomb blast that injured two people in November 2011.
The accused, Sher Gayas, who is a resident of Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B), was also fined Rs300,000 and his property was confiscated.
Two other suspects arrested by the police, Atif and Zahid, were acquitted by the court.
ATC-I judge Justice Raja Shahbaz announced the verdict while hearing the case which lasted for nearly a year, with several witnesses testifying and being cross-examined by lawyers in the court.
According to sources, the accused confessed to the crime during investigations carried out by senior police officials.
The blast occurred near a mosque in Gilgit city in November 2011. Assailants pelted a hand grenade from their vehicle in to a grocery shop near Punyal Road.
A salesperson at the store, Ibrahim was injured, while a nearby car was also partially damaged.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 1st, 2013.
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday awarded death sentence along with life imprisonment to a man accused for a bomb blast that injured two people in November 2011.
The accused, Sher Gayas, who is a resident of Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B), was also fined Rs300,000 and his property was confiscated.
Two other suspects arrested by the police, Atif and Zahid, were acquitted by the court.
ATC-I judge Justice Raja Shahbaz announced the verdict while hearing the case which lasted for nearly a year, with several witnesses testifying and being cross-examined by lawyers in the court.
According to sources, the accused confessed to the crime during investigations carried out by senior police officials.
The blast occurred near a mosque in Gilgit city in November 2011. Assailants pelted a hand grenade from their vehicle in to a grocery shop near Punyal Road.
A salesperson at the store, Ibrahim was injured, while a nearby car was also partially damaged.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 1st, 2013.