Convicted: Man sentenced to death for murder
Court sentences another to life imprisonment for murdering their rival
FAISALABAD:
A court sentenced a man to death on Thursday and another to life imprisonment for murdering their rival. According to prosecution, Akbar, a resident of Chak 68-RB, had hacked his rival Sanaullah to death with an axe with help from Shafqat, Akhtar and Abdur Rehman. Balochni police had arrested the four. Jaranwala Additional Session Judge Mehmood Harron awarded death penalty to Akbar and life imprisonment to Shafqat. Akhtar and Abdur Rehman were ordered to serve one year in prison each. The court ordered the four to pay Rs140,000 as compensation to the family of the deceased.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 17th, 2014.
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