Non-compoundable: Plea against death sentence dismissed
Non-compoundable: Plea against death sentence dismissed
LAHORE:
The Lahore High Court chief justice dismissed a petition on Wednesday seeking directions to stop a trial court from issuing black warrants against Zahid Hussain, a prisoner on death row. Hussain’s counsel said he had been awarded death sentence in a murder case. He said he had reached a settlement with the heirs of deceased, therefore, the trial court (an anti-terrorism court) should be stopped from issuing black warrants against Hussain. A law officer told the court that the trial court had handed down capital punishment under provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Act which were non-compoundable. So the trial court could not be stopped from issuing black warrants. CJ Khawaja Imtiaz Ahmed then dismissed the petition.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 8th, 2014.
The Lahore High Court chief justice dismissed a petition on Wednesday seeking directions to stop a trial court from issuing black warrants against Zahid Hussain, a prisoner on death row. Hussain’s counsel said he had been awarded death sentence in a murder case. He said he had reached a settlement with the heirs of deceased, therefore, the trial court (an anti-terrorism court) should be stopped from issuing black warrants against Hussain. A law officer told the court that the trial court had handed down capital punishment under provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Act which were non-compoundable. So the trial court could not be stopped from issuing black warrants. CJ Khawaja Imtiaz Ahmed then dismissed the petition.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 8th, 2014.