Murder trial: Court acquits Mansoor Mujahid in illegal weapons case
Court has acquitted Mujahid in the ‘connecting case’ so far and the main case pertaining to murder is still pending.
"The court exonerated Mujahid from the charges of carrying the illegal weapon," Former prosecutor-general of Sindh, Shahadat Awan, who is representing Mujahid. PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
A sessions court exonerated on Monday the noted filmmaker, Mansoor Mujahid, from charges of possessing a weapon that was used in the murder of a banker.
Mujahid, an award-winning filmmaker of Seedlings [Lamha] fame, was arrested for allegedly killing his friend, Faisal Nabi, a banker, in an apartment in Defence on the night between June 19 and 20. Rahmatullah Mooro, an assistant sessions judge in district South, acquitted Mujahid after hearing arguments from both sides.
A former prosecutor-general of Sindh, Shahadat Awan, who is representing Mujahid as a counsel in the case, said that the court exonerated Mujahid from the charges of carrying the illegal weapon, which the police had foisted upon him.
A case, No191/13, was registered under Sections 302 (premeditated murder) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code on a complaint of the victim’s brother-in-law. Suspect Mujahid was also booked in a case, No.192/13, under section 23 1(a) of the Arms Act, 2013, pertaining to possession of an unlicensed weapon.
The court has acquitted Mujahid in the ‘connecting case’ so far and the main case pertaining to the murder is still pending before the additional district and sessions judge, Abdul Qudoos Memon.
The court will take up the main case on March 22.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 18th, 2014.
A sessions court exonerated on Monday the noted filmmaker, Mansoor Mujahid, from charges of possessing a weapon that was used in the murder of a banker.
Mujahid, an award-winning filmmaker of Seedlings [Lamha] fame, was arrested for allegedly killing his friend, Faisal Nabi, a banker, in an apartment in Defence on the night between June 19 and 20. Rahmatullah Mooro, an assistant sessions judge in district South, acquitted Mujahid after hearing arguments from both sides.
A former prosecutor-general of Sindh, Shahadat Awan, who is representing Mujahid as a counsel in the case, said that the court exonerated Mujahid from the charges of carrying the illegal weapon, which the police had foisted upon him.
A case, No191/13, was registered under Sections 302 (premeditated murder) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code on a complaint of the victim’s brother-in-law. Suspect Mujahid was also booked in a case, No.192/13, under section 23 1(a) of the Arms Act, 2013, pertaining to possession of an unlicensed weapon.
The court has acquitted Mujahid in the ‘connecting case’ so far and the main case pertaining to the murder is still pending before the additional district and sessions judge, Abdul Qudoos Memon.
The court will take up the main case on March 22.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 18th, 2014.