Mistaken identity: Court acquits four accused of murder

Complainant and witnesses failed to recognise the accused

LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge on Friday acquitted four people accused of murdering a man.

Abdul Majeed, Sikander Hayat, Ali Raza and Umer were acquitted after Muhammad Shahbaz, the complainant, and the witnesses failed to recognise them. They said they had no objection to the men being acquitted.

Shahbaz had earlier accused them of murdering his brother, Shabbir, after a scuffle on February 16 in Bhati Gate area.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 4^th, 2014.