Shahzeb Khan. PHOTO: FILE
The hearing of the Shahzeb murder case was adjourned for one day on the request of one of the defence counsels who was added to the defence team on Friday in the Anti-Terrorism Court III.
The defence counsel, Shaukat Hayat, appeared before the Judge Ghulam Mustafa Memon of the ATC-III and filed his power (vakalatnama) in the case. Hayat requested the court to give a week’s time for going through the documents of the case as he was unaware of the findings and was appearing for the first time before the court in this case.
The in charge deputy district public prosecutor (DDPP) for the state, Abdul Maroof, while opposing the request said that a day’s time was enough for going through the details of the case as it was already delayed several times. Following the orders of the Sindh High Court to decide the application regarding Shahrukh’s age before the final verdict, the hearing was fixed for the defence’s plea for trial under juvenile law.
Shahrukh Jatoi, Nawab Siraj Ali Talpur, his brother Nawab Sajjad Ali Talpur and their house servant Ghulam Murtaza Lashari have been charged with killing 20-year-old Shahzeb on the night of Dec 24, 2012.
The court while allowing a day’s time to the defence adjourned the hearing till Saturday (today).
Published in The Express Tribune, June 1st, 2013.
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